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Have you ever pondered over the question of how to modify the Registry settings of other Users in Windows 10? Well, Window users can edit and make changes to the registry settings for only the user account that is currently logged in as when a user attempts to open the Registry editor, the Windows display registry hives of the currently logged in account only. If your system has multiple user accounts and you wish to modify the registry of another user, you need to login to the desired account to modify their registry settings. However, with enough credentials, it is possible to modify the registry setting of other users without logging into each account every time.
In order to edit the Windows Registry of other users, one must first identify where the registry hive of that particular user is stored. Each user has their information stored in HKEY_CURRENT _USER registry hive which is unique to each user, and in all the new versions of Window, the file NTUSER.DAT gets loaded as soon as the user logs into the system. To modify the registry settings of another user one must first identify the user directory file of another user you want to modify.
In this article, we explain how to modify another users registry in Windows 10. Before modifying the registry settings, it is recommended to backup the Registry.
Edit Registry for another User in Windows 10
Follow the below steps to load the registry of another user and make changes to another registry settings.
Load the registry hive of another user
To edit another user's registry, one must first load their registry which is stored in user directory file NTUSER.DAT C:\Users\
Type Command Prompt in Start Menu and Run as administrator.
Type the following command specifying the user's key, file and path of NTUSER.DAT to load another user's NTUSER.DAT file-
reg load HKU\C:\Users\ \ntuser.dat
Make sure to replace
Once the loading is successfully completed, open Run.
Type regedit and click on OK to open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to the following path Computer\HKEY_USERS and select the username specified in the command prompt.
Once done, the user can have access to all the registry keys and make changes to the registry keys of another user without damaging the main user's account.
Hope this helps!
