Add Registry Editor in Windows 7 Control Panel

By default, Registry editor is absent in Microsoft windows 7 Control Panel. After following the tutorial, you can easily add the registry editor in the control panel of Windows 7.

Open Notepad. Write down the following code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{77708248-f839-436b-8919-527c410f48b9}]@="Registry Editor""InfoTip"="Starts the Registry Editor""System.ControlPanel.Category"="5"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{77708248-f839-436b-8919-527c410f48b9}\DefaultIcon]@="%SYSTEMROOT%\\regedit.exe"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{77708248-f839-436b-8919-527c410f48b9}\Shell][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{77708248-f839-436b-8919-527c410f48b9}\Shell\Open][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{77708248-f839-436b-8919-527c410f48b9}\Shell\Open\Command]@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,\00,00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{77708248-f839-436b-8919-527c410f48b9}]@="Add Registry Editor to Control Panel"

Click file > Save as > name as you like.reg ; change file type from text to all files and click OK. Just double click the registry file and accept the security prompts. Windows registry editor (regedit) will be added in Windows 7 control panel under System and Security:

You can download the rar file by clicking here ; containing the needed registry files to add or remove registry editor in Windows 7 Control Panel.