Right-Click, Registry Access Denied

Posted on August 14, 2009
Filed Under Troubleshooting, Websites, Windows

Yesterday I had an odd issue with a Windows laptop. Every time the user would right-click on a file or folder, an error message would pop-up saying “Registry Access Denied“, after acknowledging the message, the context menu would appear and function normally.

I did numerous searches, examined permissions, removed/added the user from groups, nothing worked. Then it hit me, it was the context menu that was having an issue, perhaps I should take a look at all the items that are listed in the registry to see how they matched the right-click menu after it appeared.

Doing yet another search, Online Tech Tips had info on editing the right-click menu. Following the registry path mentioned: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ I was able to see that there was an entry for a zip program that wasn’t appearing on the context menu. After backing up the registry, I removed that entry and viola, no more error. Simpler than I thought…

Comments

40 Responses to “Right-Click, Registry Access Denied”

  1. dj on October 3rd, 2009 11:34 am

    Great solution! thanks a lot it worked!

  2. Alain Dumas on October 21st, 2009 5:02 pm

    It’s been bugging me for a week now and when you stated zip, it clicked. I uninstalled zipx and voilà it was fixed! Thanks a million.

  3. Chris on October 28th, 2009 6:11 pm

    zipx was exactly my problem! I uninstalled this and now I don’t get that annoying message anymore. Thank you!

  4. Paul on November 13th, 2009 3:15 am

    I have been around the web on a wild goose chase, looking at administrator access rights and trying everything you said. All along it was zipx. Thanks!

  5. Brando on November 18th, 2009 2:30 pm

    zipx was my problem too. i uninstalled the program and then deleted the registry key and it worked! I too was on a wild goose chase and knew it wasn’t admin rights or any crap like that. I was stumped, but when I saw the mention of zipx it struck me that i had installed a zipx program recently because someone had sent me files in a zipx.

  6. Michelle on December 8th, 2009 12:49 pm

    Great! Zipx was my problem also. After uninstalling I no longer get the message. Thanks!

  7. Martin on December 9th, 2009 7:12 am

    Very useful thanks a lot.

  8. Waseem on December 22nd, 2009 12:20 pm

    zipx was exactly my problem! I uninstalled this and now I don’t get that annoying message anymore. Thank you!
    Really appreciate……Thank u very much

  9. Waseem on December 22nd, 2009 12:23 pm

    Great! Zipx was my problem also. After uninstalling I no longer get the message. Thanks!
    Thank u very much

  10. rishabdhawan on December 30th, 2009 11:17 am

    hey thanks!!!Uninstalling zipx has helped me too!!

  11. Bryan on January 21st, 2010 8:01 am

    Holy crap! I have been following the microsoft recommendations trying to figure this out and it was zipx all along! THANKS!!

  12. prakash on January 28th, 2010 12:32 am

    Thanks dude!
    same problem, I had…
    installation of zipx had caused the problem.
    and the worst part was that, you have to click for 3-4 times for simply opening a file, with another program…duh…

  13. nikolay on February 5th, 2010 10:58 am

    THANK YOU!!!!

  14. Jim on February 8th, 2010 11:38 am

    WOW! I can’t believe I downloaded crapware from CNET written by WinZIP. Thanks for the fix; I could have spent a lot of time trying to find/correct it.

  15. Eric on February 23rd, 2010 2:05 pm

    Thanks for the tip.

  16. Andrew on February 25th, 2010 1:35 pm

    It’s funny how everyone’s problems all stemmed from the same lame program.

    Thanks.

  17. SNosko on March 2nd, 2010 12:04 pm

    I uninstalled a ZIPX program and my problem when away. Thanks,

  18. aamaak on March 29th, 2010 1:14 am

    thnaks dear
    i solve the prblem by remove zipx
    regards,

  19. Saugat on April 15th, 2010 10:14 pm

    thanks dear….

  20. brett on April 20th, 2010 7:51 am

    fabulous!!! thanks!

  21. Pitto on April 27th, 2010 3:51 am

    I just love zipx programmers

  22. adam on May 4th, 2010 5:25 am

    Thank you! Great catch!

  23. Beave on May 4th, 2010 2:22 pm

    Removed zipx and it does not show up anymore. I have been trying to figure this out for the last week off and on. Thanks for the fix.

  24. sean on May 9th, 2010 11:01 am

    Uninstalled zipX, problem solved!

  25. Jay on May 16th, 2010 7:52 pm

    WOW! Thank you – fixed my problem right away, no more zipx, no more issue.
    This site will now PERMANENTLY stay in my “Favorites” :)

  26. Matt on June 3rd, 2010 8:14 am

    An annoying problem, caused by a program installed on accident. Thanks for the tip!

  27. Ajit on June 13th, 2010 11:36 am

    Same here !! uninstalling ZIPX worked. Thanks a lot

  28. Tecsomanu on July 11th, 2010 8:52 am

    Thanks a lot ! That error was @#$%ing annoying

  29. Nitin on July 16th, 2010 12:07 pm

    uninstalled zipx and that solved the problem…..thanks.

  30. Dhananjay on July 24th, 2010 3:44 am

    Thanks for the help…
    I have been looking for the solution for months…This site is really helpfull…Kudos to the efforts made…

    Really nasty stuff from Zipx…

  31. Stan3186 on August 10th, 2010 5:09 pm

    Thanks a lot, been looking at trying to get rid of this since june2010. Simply removed the program thru windows and gone, no more error boxes. Thanks a lot zipx

  32. puneeth on August 12th, 2010 12:42 pm

    Uninstalled ZIPX.Worked fine.All kudos to this site

  33. Anmol on August 13th, 2010 1:35 pm

    yeah! that zipx was the problem, removed that and he problem got fixed. Thanks a lot!!!

  34. chandu on August 17th, 2010 9:26 am

    nice dude
    thank you
    where can i get these tips

  35. Mike on September 17th, 2010 3:48 am

    zipx caused me the same problem too.
    Great catch – good eureka moment!

  36. dora on September 30th, 2010 5:56 am

    fiuuhh.. that’s work!
    many thanks.. ^_^

  37. Vijay Kumar on October 6th, 2010 12:27 am

    ZIPX is the problem creator. Remove it and you will get rid of registry access error.

  38. Tattee on October 28th, 2010 7:44 pm

    Coooool!

  39. Harry on January 9th, 2011 11:05 am

    Thanks A lot..
    Issue Resolved..

  40. Dhananjay Yeram on February 7th, 2011 12:24 am

    Hi,

    ZIPX is the actually problem creator. i Removed it and get rid of registry access error.

    Thanks for valuable suggestion

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