cannot open regedit!

tumpat

i have problem to open my regedit...

i open RUN in start menu,then i type regedit..
but it show this message...

' regedit is not a valid Win32 application. '

what is it?
it be like that after my computer was infected by a virus named brontok...
what should i do?

otiscom

What windows os are you running?
Have you cleaned out the virus?

The virus makes some changes to the registry, and could have screwed regedit up!

ORVAL

try Regedt32. It opens the reg too.
If it is not working:
check your user rightsµ
run a good antivirus ( some of them block the access to the registry to avoid to be scratched out)

tumpat

i'm used windows xp...
i have scan the virus with bitdefender internet security 10..

there are no virus in my computer..

but regedit still not working...

mustaq

BladeRunner

It's classic virus behaviour.

Try an free online scan at: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

bcarasco

I disagree with the above people, I do not think it is a virus attack. This happened on my old computer, which is most likely virus free ( I ran a virus scan and spyware scan disk fragment every week and avoided virus associated websites/downloads.) I fixed it by either going to run and typing in regedit.exe instead of just regedit or going into the windows directory or system 32 directory and actually opening it manually from the folder.

KoXaL

you will also find a folder in Windows called Prefetch You can delete all the files in there. the file Regedit.exe.1b606-482pf can be found there. so delete it

IceCreamTruck

I did the same thing to myself when I first got my laptop and Windows XP professional. I went to microsoft.com and downloaded the TweekUI powertoy for windows, and in there you have settings that determine registry security. You can litterally switch some registry options that will seem harmless in TweekUI, but will stop RegEdit from opening. Useful if you are having trouble with persistant viruses because you can turn off registry "editing mode" but a pain in the butt if you are trying to open the registry in order to do some clean-up.

Check TweekUI anyway as an option to turn regedit back on if it has indeed been turned off by a virus. Otherwise be thankful that you've followed good back-up procedures, and reinstalling your whole system and files is a short task.

budazz

Check it maybe youve been attacked by a virus....sometimes virus tends to disable your pc to access "regedit" way to let the virus stay in your unit... because some viruses can be removed using regedit..manually

mayank_abhishek

Maybe try out system restore or restore regedit manually, regedit can't go missing. If it does nothing will work. Maybe regedit is just corrupted, try restoring. Smile

turbosquid

Im not sure that if RegEdit is deleted or otherwise that it would cause nothing to work? You certainly would not be able to edit the system registry.
On my XP-sp2 system regedit.exe is located in the following locations :-

C:\Windows\regedit.exe
C:\Windpws\I386\regedit.exe

first check to see if these files exist on your system. If not then youve more than likely been attacked by a virus, do a virus scan with the newest Virus scanner updates. Also try one of the following scanners for any Mallware / Spyware infections :-

Lavasoft AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

Spybot Search And Destroy
http://www.spybot.info/

If you find the Regedit.exe files are indeed missing you should be able to copy them back from your original XP installation CD, i think that you can find REGEDIT.EXE in the I386 folder on the CD. Unfortunately i don't have my CD to hand so cannot confirm this i correct.

TurboSquid

johnsonap

Though this maybe the same problem i am having, but it sint quite - my regedit opens for about 3seconds before closing itself, am i looking at a virus in this instance? (didnt want to open a new log incase it got closed for asking a question on the same topic)

vaoger

try to run this