{"id":7479,"date":"2016-08-09T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T10:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=7479"},"modified":"2016-08-09T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T10:43:10","slug":"6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Open Registry Editor in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most PC troubleshooting tasks can be done by tweaking the registry settings. To access Windows registry, you need to open the built-in tool – Registry Editor. In this tutorial we’ll show you 6 common ways to open Registry Editor in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Open Registry Editor via Run<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type regedit<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/p>\n

\"regedit-via-run\"<\/p>\n

This should be the simplest and quickest way to open Registry Editor in all versions of Windows.<\/p>\n

Method 2: Open Registry Editor Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Win + X keys. Choose Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong> from the given options.<\/p>\n

\"command-prompt-admin\"<\/p>\n

Type regedit<\/strong> at the Command Prompt and press Enter. It will launch Registry Editor immediately.<\/p>\n

\"regedit-via-cmd\"<\/p>\n

Method 3: Open Registry Editor Using Cortana Search<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click inside the Cortana Search box from the taskbar, type regedit<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/p>\n

\"regedit-via-search\"<\/p>\n

Click regedit from the search result.<\/p>\n

Method 4: Open Registry Editor Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open Windows PowerShell<\/a>. This can be done by pressing Win + R keys to open Run and then type powershell<\/strong> in the box given.<\/p>\n

\"regedit-via-powershell\"<\/p>\n

Type regedit<\/strong> and press Enter. Click Yes<\/strong> when the UAC confirmation box is displayed.<\/p>\n

Method 5: Open Registry Editor via File Explorer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open File Explorer<\/a> in Windows 10. Browse to the system32 folder: C:\\Windows\\System32<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"right-click-regedit\"<\/p>\n

Locate the regedt32.exe<\/strong> file. Right-click on it and select Run as administrator<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Method 6: Open Registry Editor By Creating Desktop Shortcut<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you need to access Registry Editor frequently, you can create a desktop shortcut for quick access. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Right-click on any empty area of your desktop, select New<\/strong> -> Shortcut<\/strong>.\n

    \"create-desktop-shortcut\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. This will open the Create Shortcut wizard. It will ask you the location of the item you want to create a shortcut for. Type %windir%\\regedit.exe<\/strong> and click Next<\/strong>.\n

    \"regedit-shortcut\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Give your shortcut any name you prefer and click Finish<\/strong>.\n

    \"type-name-for-shortcut\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. You’ll see the shortcut on the desktop. Double-click on it and you can open Registry Editor quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Most PC troubleshooting tasks can be done by tweaking the registry settings. To access Windows registry, you need to open the built-in tool – Registry Editor. In this tutorial we’ll show you 6 common ways to open Registry Editor in Windows 10. Method 1: Open Registry Editor via Run Press the Windows key + R […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[2885,2883,2884],"class_list":["post-7479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-access-registry-editor-in-windows-10","tag-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10","tag-open-windows-registry-editor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7479"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7491,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions\/7491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}