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Many registry settings are protected from changes, making registry changes in Windows 7 impossible. If you ever encounter the error message: “Cannot edit,create, delete, modify registry key” or , then you will have to grant your user account permission to modify the registry.

There are also other error messages that are related to the same problem:

Cannot create, edit delete registry key

• Cannot create key: You do not have the requisite permissions to create a new key under Registry Key
• Cannot create value: Error writing to the registry
• Cannot edit Registry Value. Error writing the value’s new contents
• Cannot delete Registry Key: Error while deleting key

Error creating, renaming, editing, creating, deleting registry key

• Error Creating Value
• Error Renaming Key or Value
• Error Editing Value
• Error Creating Key
• Error Deleting Values
• Error Deleting Key

Other registry errors

• Registry Access Error
• The Registry Editor cannot rename Registry Key or Value. Error while renaming key or value
• Unable to delete all specified values

How to edit protected registry files properly?

To solve the problem, you will have to give yourself permissions to modify the registry entry.

1. Step Right-click on the registry entry that you want to modify and click on permissions:

2. Step Select your username and give yourself “Full Control”:

Now, you should already be able to modify the registry and apply your registry changes.

(Optional) Replace owner of registry entry

If you still can’t apply any registry changes in Windows 7, you can replace the owner of the registry entry with your own user account. Then you will be the owner of the file and can do whatever you want with it.

1. Step To do that repeat step 1 above and open the permissions window of the registry key, then click on “Advanced”:

2. Step Go to the tab “Owner” and assign ownership of the registry entry to yourself. Make sure to check the option “Replace owner on subcontainers and objects” (this will apply the registry permissions recursively and assign ownership of subitems to your account as well).

The registry editor (Regedit) tool in Windows 10 lets you make some adjustment to your registry keys and values. But, occasionally while trying to delete some registry files through Regedit (also launch as admin), you may get the following errors:

upon trying to delete its value: “Cannot edit <filenamehere>: Error writing value’s new contents.”

or

upon trying to delete: “Unable to delete all specified values”

Error writing value’s new contents.

If you do not know what to do from here, follow these steps to fix this error in Windows 10.

See also: How To Disable Quick access From File Explorer in Windows 10

How do I fix error editing value in the registry?

1. Press Windows Key + R then type regedit and press OK to open the Registry Editor.

2. In the registry editor go to the location of your registry file that is resulted in the error.

3. Next, right-click the key that contains the value you can’t edit (or the key that you can’t edit) and then select “Permissions” from the context menu.

3. In the Permissions window that pops up, click the “Advanced” button.

4. Now, you’re going to take ownership of the Registry key. In the “Advanced Security Settings” window, click the “Change” link.

5. In the “Select User or Group” window, type your email address if you have a Microsoft account (or the name of your Windows user account) in the “Enter the object name to select” box. And then click the “Check Names” button to validate the account name. Click OK > and click OK again to close the “Advanced Security Settings” window.

6. Back at the regular Permissions window, choose the Users group and then tick the “Allow” check box next to the “Full Control” permission. When that’s done, click OK.

Now, you should be able to make the changes to the key you’ve taken ownership of and given yourself full permissions to edit.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to Gain Full Permissions to Edit Protected Registry Keys

Hope something helps you.

We talk about a lot of cool things here at How-To Geek that you can do by editing the Windows Registry. Occasionally, though, you will run into a Registry key or value that you don’t have permission to edit. When you try, you’ll see an error message saying “Cannot edit _____: Error writing the value’s new contents.” Fortunately, just like in the Windows file system, the Registry provides tools that let you take ownership of and edit permissions for keys. Here’s how to do it.

Registry Editor is a powerful tool and misusing it can render your system unstable or even inoperable. So there’s a reason some of these Registry keys are protected. Editing a protected key can sometimes mess up Windows or the app the key relates to. We will never point you to any hacks that we haven’t tested ourselves, but it still pays to be careful. If you’ve never worked with the Registry before, consider reading about how to use the Registry Editor before you get started. And definitely back up the Registry (and your computer!) before making changes.

RELATED: Learning to Use the Registry Editor Like a Pro

In Registry Editor, right-click the key that you can’t edit (or the key that contains the value you can’t edit) and then choose “Permissions” from the context menu.

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In the Permissions window that appears, click the “Advanced” button.

Next, you’re going to take ownership of the Registry key. In the “Advanced Security Settings” window, next to the listed Owner, click the “Change” link.

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In the “Select User or Group” window, in the “Enter the object name to select” box, type the name of your Windows user account (or your email address if you have a Microsoft account) and then click the “Check Names” button to validate the account name. When that’s done, click OK to close the “Select User or Group” window and then click OK again to close the “Advanced Security Settings” window.

Back at the regular Permissions window, select the Users group and then choose the “Allow” check box next to the “Full Control” permission. If you prefer, you can just give your user account full permissions rather than the Users group. To do that, click the Add button, walk through the steps to add your user account to the list, and then give that account the Full Control permission. Whichever method you choose, click OK when you’re done to return to Registry Editor.

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Back in Registry Editor, you should now be able to make the changes to the key you’ve taken ownership of and given yourself full permissions to edit. You likely won’t run into protected keys that often when editing the Registry. We rarely come across them ourselves. Still, it’s good to know how to get around that protection when you need to.