Right click on selected registry key, and select Permissions.Navigate to the registry key which user wants to modify its security settings.In order to take ownership and grant full control (read and write) permissions and rights on the protected system registry key to fix permissions denied issue, follow these steps: Some keys are open by the system or other process.
Not all data was successfully written to the registry. REG registry registration entries to merge the registry keys, values or value data to the system registry with the following permission denied error message:Ĭannot import RegistrationEntries.reg. When a registry key is blocked from change, user also cannot run a. Error writing the value’s new contents.Ĭannot delete Registry Key: Error while deleting key. Error while renaming key or value.Ĭannot edit Registry Value. The Registry Editor cannot rename Registry Key or Value. When a user doesn’t have permissions to modify, edit, create, add, change, delete or remove a registry key with Registry Editor (RegEdit.exe), one of the following error messages which denied permissions is displayed:Ĭannot create key: You do not have the requisite permissions to create a new key under Registry Key.Ĭannot create value: Error writing to the registry. Instead, these protected registry keys are owned by System or TrustedInstaller, and has read-only permissions for end-user. Windows operating system restrict and lock some important registry keys by not granting write access right to standard user accounts, and even administrators.
Similar to system files and folders, some registry keys and values in system registry have been protected from accidental modification or deletion by end-user.