Accidentely clicked "deny" on winlogon in regedit,how to fix with cmd?


  1. Posts : 2
    Win xp 64 bit
       #1

    Accidentely clicked "deny" on winlogon in regedit,how to fix with cmd?


    Yeah like the title says, I clicked "deny" on the wrong folder (on all users). Anyone know how I can change it to "allow" so windows can start again? At this point I can't start windows, however I can access cmd.

    This is the folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
    But I don't know what command that allows me to change the competence to "allow" while in the cmd.

    Somebody please help me :)
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  2. Posts : 5,092
    Windows 7 32 bit
       #2

    Welcome to the forums.

    The easiest way to fix it if you have a Restore Point is run
    rstrui.exe
    at the command prompt
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  3. Posts : 1,346
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #3

    zjkz0r said:
    Yeah like the title says, I clicked "deny" on the wrong folder (on all users). Anyone know how I can change it to "allow" so windows can start again? At this point I can't start windows, however I can access cmd.

    This is the folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
    But I don't know what command that allows me to change the competence to "allow" while in the cmd.

    Somebody please help me :)
    The reg.exe command is an external command that is available in the following Microsoft operating systems;
    Windows XP
    Windows Vista
    Windows 7

    HTH
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  4. Posts : 2
    Win xp 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Start rstrui.exe gives me an unknown command... :s So that won't work.

    Yeah I've seen that page and tried to understand what command I should be using but haven't found it, and frankly can't really understand it (my English is not too good).
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  5. Posts : 5,092
    Windows 7 32 bit
       #5

    zjkz0r said:
    Start rstrui.exe gives me an unknown command... :s So that won't work.

    Yeah I've seen that page and tried to understand what command I should be using but haven't found it, and frankly can't really understand it (my English is not too good).
    It's supposed to be in C:\Windows\system32 which should be in the path if you are running it from a command prompt, not the start button.

    Try this command from a command prompt
    dir C:\Windows\system32\rstrui.exe

    to see if the file is there.
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