regedit dialog not opening

Question

Hi,

I am trying to open regedit from run dialog on Winxp. I tried to lauch it from alternative places such as Task Manager, IE etc. I am running as admin

Forums reveal that's it's a virus. but nothing concrete to get it working

Any help?

Thanks

Answer 1

This isn't exactly a programming question, so this probably isn't the place for this...but try to boot in Safe Mode without Networking and opening the registry from there.

Cheers,
Eric

Answer 2

If it's a virus preventing you starting regedit.exe, try making a copy of regedit.exe with a different filename.

Answer 3

Try this : Start->Run->gpedit.msc

Enter "Group Policy/User Configuration/Administrative Templates/System".

Check "prevent the access regedit"

May be this setting is not selected.