Regedit.exe, Registry Key. 1

[Svensson]

Does anyome here know which registry key it is that disables the ability to edit the registry with regedit from windows? My OS is Windows 98.
Daniel Svensson

 

[tsuji]

Hello, Svensson.

The straight answer is No, you can't. It is just like you won't let wordpad to edit a plain text file.

For win9x, restriction imposed on executable .exe files can be done on an ALL-with-Exception-basis. That means you can restrict users to run on all .exe file except certain applications. But you must enumerate the allowed applications one-by-one expressedly. So, in general, it is tedious and unpractical without severely reducing the functionality of the system---which is fine for some service open to an untrusted or untrustworthy public.

regards - tsuji

 

[Svensson]

Hello tsuji!

I have already done that, with the System Policy Editor. My problem is that because of the policy, I cant use the computer without first logging on to the network, which I cant do and I cant access the registry through Windows to set the MustBeValidated key to zero.
I just want to enable the GUI version of regedit from DOS.

Daniel Svensson

 

[tsuji]

Svensson,

In that case, at command prompt, you can merge the .reg file with the registry. Your .reg file is to set the entry value.

<path>\regedit <path2>\<your.reg>

Am I missing something?

regards - tsuji

 

[Svensson]

My question is if anyone here knows which key it is that disabels the GUI version of the Registry Editor.
If I had the .reg file in question, I would not have posted a question about it.

Daniel Svensson

 

[Ajnin]

This link should answer your question

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/190/

 

[Svensson]

Thank you Ajnin.

 

[tsuji]

Well, my answer is No. Have I not made it clear in my posting #1?

- tsuji

 

[Ajnin]

Your welcome Svensson