Windows 10: Registry Editor and Exe Files won't open

I recently changed the wrong value in the registry editor by accident, and now exe files wont open. I can't go back in to registry editor because it is an exe file. I have tried many things, like changing cmd.exe to cmd.com and opening command prompt, but nothing I do inside seems to work. I also changed registry editor to a .com file format, but it won't open. Is there anyway to fix this?

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Registry Editor hidden when open

Hi. RRDodge

My name is Anthony, an Independent Advisor trying to help.

In this case, there are two ways to open Registry Editor in Windows 10:

1. In the search box on the taskbar, type regedit. Next, select the first result for Registry Editor (desktop application).

2. Hold down or right-click the Start button and then select Run. Type regedit in the Open: box and select OK.

Now, if for any reason this does not work, in that case you can use the command prompt to open it, these would be the steps to follow:

• Open the Start menu.

• Click on the Windows logo located in the lower left corner of the screen.

• Type command prompt in the Start menu. In this way, the Command Prompt icon will appear in the Start menu.

• Right click on the Command Prompt. This is located at the top of the Start window. When you click on it, a drop-down menu will appear.

• If your trackpad does not have a button for the right click, use two fingers to press it.

• Click on the Run as administrator option. This option is found in the drop-down menu.

• If you do not have administrator rights on the computer, you cannot complete this method.

• Click Yes when prompted. Doing so will open the Command Prompt in administrator mode.

• Enter the registry update command.

Type reg add "HKCU \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System" / t Reg_dword / v DisableRegistryTools / f / d 0 in the Command Prompt and then press ↵ Enter.

• Close the Command Prompt. Now, the command must have reactivated the Registry Editor.

• Try to open Registry Editor. Open the Start menu, type regedit and then press ↵ Enter.

If Registry Editor does not open, go to the next step.

• Restart your computer. Open the Start menu, click on the Start / Off icon and then on Restart.

Once your computer restarts, try again to open Registry Editor.

Best Regards.

Anthony. -

 

Registry Editor

Kim,

If you call the file SomethingOrOther.reg instead of SomethingOrOther.key then it will do open with RegEdit & write the value in the Registry.

If you really want to do it the hard way, when you see the Open with list [either doing it through
Properties or just right-clicking on the file & selecting Open with], click on
More apps and then scroll to be bottom of the list and click on Look for another app on this PC then browse to
C:\Windows\System32\regedt32.exe and select that.

That will open the file using the Registry Editor but you will need to try it to find out if RegEdit then does what you want it to do. I have never heard of anybody taking this approach so I don't know if RegEdit will handle it in the normal manner. Even
if RegEdit tries to do what you want it to the results will depend on write permissions already having been set up for that location in the Registry.

Even if the Registry key is created correctly, there is no telling if the Vemar software will handle it correctly. Installation of the Vemar software will have set many more Registry keys than this one and the value of the key might also include reference
to the current hardware in order to prevent unlicensed distributions.

Denis

 

cannot open registry editor

Hi,

How are you opening Regedit ? You will have better results if you open it with a Command Prompt (Admin)..

If what you posted is a Registry file that opened with Notepad instead of Regedit, right click on it and select "Open With" and select "Registry Editor" and set it as Default..

Registry files can be opened, edited, and created with notepad, but must be saved as a .reg file to be of any use..