Open Registry Editor in Windows 11/10

These are the methods you can use open the Registry Editor or REGEDIT on Windows computers: Before you begin, you should know that the Group Policy Editor is available in Windows Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, and Windows 10 Education editions only, and not in Windows Home – and so to make changes users have to use the Registry Editor.

This allows you to open Registry Editor with admin privileges. Read: How to create a Registry Key.

2] Create a shortcut to open Regedit

If you use it more often, it is best to create a shortcut on the Desktop.

3] Assign Keyboard shortcut for Registry Editor

You can also create a Keyboard shortcut to open the Windows Registry Editor. To do this, locate the newly created Registry Editor shortcut on the desktop. Right-click on it and click on Properties. Go to the Shortcut tab. Click on the blank text field of a Shortcut key. Press any key to assign the sequence for the shortcut. Remember whatever key you choose, CTRL+Alt will be automatically prefixed to it.

For instance, if you chose the key ‘U’, the sequence  Ctrl +Alt + U is created as the shortcut key for Registry Editor. You can also provide administrator privileges to the Registry Shortcut.

4] Using Command Prompt or Power Shell

Or you could make the WinX Menu show PowerShell instead of Command Prompt, then type regedit and hit Enter to open it.

5] Using Run prompt

Probably the easiest method, and also the most common one.

Open the Run prompt (WIN+R)Type regedit, and hit EnterYou may get prompted with the UAC promptChoose Yes, and it will launch the Registry Editor programme

6] Using Context Menu

Use our freeware Ultimate Windows Tweaker to add Open Registry Editor entry to the desktop right-click context menu.

You will see the tweak under Context Menu > Desktop Context Menu. So that’s how you can open the Registry Editor in multiple ways in Windows 11/10. Before you make any changes, it is always a good idea to back up the Registry first.