{"id":19471,"date":"2020-10-22T17:41:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=19471"},"modified":"2021-04-26T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T08:06:00","slug":"cannot-import-reg-not-all-data-was-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/cannot-import-reg-not-all-data-was-successfully\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannot import .REG file; Not all data was successfully written to registry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, when applying the registry settings using a .reg file, you may get one of the following errors:<\/p>\n

Cannot import file.reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes, or you have insufficient privileges to perform this operation.<\/pre>\n
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Cannot import file.reg: Error accessing the registry.<\/pre>\n
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Registry files (or registration entries) are files that are used to deploy registry settings quickly to other computers. The registration entries<\/a> have a file extension .reg<\/code> that can be run by double-clicking or using the reg.exe<\/code> command line. You can also manually import .reg files from the Registry Editor window.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Cause<\/h2>\n
The above errors are caused if the user account that’s running the .reg file doesn’t have the necessary write permissions for the registry keys mentioned inside the file. It could be possible that you’re trying to modify a system-wide setting while logged in as a Limited user.\u00a0If you’re logged in as administrator and still the error is seen, read below:<\/p>\n