Windows 10: regedit not open from run command

When I bring up the run command (Win+R) and enter regedit or regedit.exe. It does not open.
If I enter C:\Windows\regedit.exe, it opens.
All other exe files in the windows directory opens fine except for regedit.
Windows and System32 folders were missing in the environment path, so I added them and there is no difference.
I have 2 systems running Win10, one works and one does not
I have full ownership and permissions to the Windows folder.

One other strange thing is the Run box doesn't keep any history on the problem computer, but does on the other one.

Anyone know what could cause this?

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Hello again,

I tried opening the command prompt as administrator, and running regedit from there.

Still no joy.

Thanks.

 

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Hi,

What windows you have?`

And could you check this:

Open Regedit (Click Start Menu > Run > give command Regedit > OK) and open key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\

-> What paths you have in there?

 

Figured out the history thing. Was a setting in the Personalization. But stumped on why regedit is not opening from the run window

 

Enter path in a Command Prompt window to see what the path Environment variable is set to. At an absolute minimum, it must have these

C:\WINDOWS\system32;
C:\WINDOWS;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;

Also enter where regedit, see what it responds with. Mine shows:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>where regedit
C:\Windows\regedit.exe

 

Those items are in the path and where regedit shows the correct locations. I have setup a desktop link to regedit and that works fine, but it will not run from the WIN+R run box or from the command prompt. When I type path into the command prompt (yes I run as administrator), it shows the windows directories in the list. All other executables in the windows directory work fine.

 

Strange, Dcol. I just did the Win+R and it opened my Registry just fine.

I also can right click on Start and then click Run and type in Regedit and it works too. Long way around, but it works too. *Smile

 

Hi dcol *Smile

I had the same problem after installing on a system on a few weeks ago. The Run command was automatically searching in incorrect locations for some reason. I changed it so that it looks in the Local Disk C root as its default search location. It then automatically searches through the entire disk and loaded up regedit or gpedit or whatever without any problem. I also checked to confirm it used the same default search location after a cold boot.

Hope this helps

 

what about powershell? type in powershell and see if it opens.

 

Does not open in powershell either. Doesn't error, just goes to the next line same as command prompt. Opens fine from explorer when I go directly to the folder.

No problem with any other exe's in the windows folder, ie notepad, write, helppane, etc. All open fine in the run box.

 

No, he wanted you to try to open PowerShell from the Run command.

 

Yes powershell and cmd open from the run box. Everything except regedit opens.

 

Wow, this is a very strange one!

OK, I just tried this and it works for me . . . so let's see if it will work for you.

Right click the Start Window, select Command Prompt (admin) and hit Enter. Now type regedit and see if it will open for you.

 

Regedit does not open as administrator.

There is one other issue that may or may not be related. If explorer closes, the only way to start it up is a system reboot. Trying to run it in task manager also does not run. So explorer.exe has the same issue as regedit.

 

Is it possible you have another instance of an executable regedit? I used explorer to search the HDD
and found four instances of an executable file in \windows , \windows\winsxs and two in \windows.old

Look for regedit.bat,
.cmd,
.com
.exe