No acces to registry


  1. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #1

    No acces to registry


    Hello everyone,

    I've got a problem with my user account.
    Whenever I log on I don't see my own background, but just a regular Windows 7 background.
    Also, a lot of my icons are gone and the menu is in English, though it used to be in Dutch.
    I found out that I sould go to registry (regedit.exe) and than go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Profilelist.
    The next step was to delete one of the keys and rename the one with the same name +.bak (get rid of the .bak).
    But when I try to do so, I get an error, it says: cannot delete <name of the key>: Error while deleting key.
    So, I've tried to get permission by allowing full control, but than I get another error saying: Unable to save permission changes on <name of the key>. Acces is denied.

    So, my question: what can I do to get access to registry? Is there anything left to do or is it best to just start a new account?
    Thanks!
    Anna
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  2. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #2

    Hi Anna and welcome to Windows 7 Forums

    Because you're trying to modify data in the HKLM branch of the registry, you need to invoke the editor to run with administrative privileges.
      My Computer


 

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