Navigate to the registry key you want to take ownership of.
You may not see this dialog box, depending on your User Account Control settings. If the User Account Control dialog box displays, click Yes to continue. Then, type: regedit into the Open box and click OK. Press Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box. You should also make a System Restore point before continuing so, if something goes wrong, you can always roll back. But make sure you back up the Registry and back up your computer before making changes. This is a fairly simple change and if you follow our instructions, you shouldn’t have any problems. The Registry Editor is a powerful tool that can render your system unstable or even inoperable if misused. But if you follow the steps below, you’ll be able to edit any registry key. Normally these keys are only open to modification by the Windows system. If you encounter the above errors, without a doubt, you’ve encountered a protected registry key. Take Ownership of a Protected Key in the Registry reg file to add, change, or delete a protected key, you’ll see an error like this: When you try to edit a protected key, you’ll see an error like this: When trying to create a new entry within a protected key you’ll an error like this:
How Do I Know the Registry Key is Protected?
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