Hello. I can't edit anything in the registry. I searched on a solution and all I could find was people saying to change the permissions, which I have done, but it still won't let me edit anything, the same error message pops up as before. Can anyone help please?
There's a number of things i'm trying to do as it's a new laptop, but as an example, it says cannot edit disableantispyware: error writing the value's new contents
All permissions are set to full control, but the same error message came up before i changed permissions
Hey Kane,
The registry keys your trying to change are probably Owned by TrustedInstaller, so you will have to change the Owner to your User. If you do change the Owner, make sure you change it back to TustedInstaller when done.
Change Owner of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key in Windows 10 Security System Tutorials
Change Permissions of Objects for Users and Groups in Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials
How to Gain Full Permissions to Edit Protected Registry Keys
You could try PowerRun to make these changes - Download PowerRun - MajorGeeks
1. Start PowerRun
2. Add regedit.exe by clicking the +Gear Icon
3. Run regedit from PowerRun
4. When finished, close regedit, then close PowerRun
Note: As I'm sure you're aware, regedit is trying to protect you ... by not letting you change those keys :)
As Eagle51 observes, Regedit is trying to protect you from unintended consequences of your actions. I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve here, but delving into the registry to disable/enable Defender protection would not be my first action on a new laptop.
If Defender is disabled then that's probably due to another AV being installed. The usual way to enable Defender would be to uninstall the 3rd-party AV. Likewise, if you want to disable Defender to allow another AV to install, the AV's own Setup should do that for you. Either way, I can't see why you'd want to edit the registry directly.
If you really must change it yourself, Option Two in this tutorial provides .reg files to do that for you.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...a.html#option2
Heh Losing the warranty over manipulating the software on a new laptop, that a good one, that why mecanics should stick to mechanical things. You can mess with your registry as much as you want, the warranty is for the hardware, if you have support they will help you install windows or repair windows, don't listen to mechanics like Mike.
Your first post here is in a thread that went dormant in February. Not dissing your post as your info is probably correct but if it had been my PC I would have created a full image backup before doing anything, then play.
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