Google Chrome: "This option is enabled by the administrator" - how do I clear the error?

As is known, the promotion of any information resources, especially if they are purely promotional, is a rather difficult task. Therefore, some developers go to all sorts of tricks, creating new search engines, which, from the point of view of computer security, are the most real malware. In this case, we are talking about the fact that some such elements are built into browsers spontaneously.

However, in the same "Chrome" when you try to change the search tool by default, the message "This option is enabled by the administrator" may appear.

The search engines that were originally installed change. But the saddest thing is that to disable the installed search by standard actions in the browser settings is almost impossible. So you can not even try, it still will not give an effect. But what should I do? First, we'll figure out what the problem is in general.

What is a bug in the Google Chrome browser "This option is enabled by the administrator"?

Not to mention the vast variety of such malicious software, among all the "innovations", it's worth mentioning a search engine called yamdex.net.

It just has its main goal to fully integrate into the Chrome browser. And when you try to change the settings, you'll get a notification that in the Chrome settings This parameter is enabled by the administrator. How to remove the appearance of this message? We will have to apply the most cardinal methods. Antiviruses or determinants of advertising modules in this situation are powerless. But in Windows-based systems you can use the built-in tools. It's about the command console and the system registry editor.

Why does the message "This option is enabled by the administrator" appear (Chrome Browser)?

In theory, if a user sees such a notification on his computer, it means only that the system for the browser has been drastically changed settings at the administrator level. Do not confuse your own administrator account, with a super administrator who by default has a higher priority to change system settings in Windows 7 and above.

Probably, many know that to perform some actions in such systems, it is sometimes necessary to use the PKM menu with the choice of the application start line on behalf of the admin. This is the super administrator. But malware can act through such a record.

Antiviruses in this case do not work because higher priority of actions is used, and in the majority of such programs when penetrating the system have the status of trusted ones (antivirus software is quite enough to miss the threat).

Troubleshooting options

But we are a little distracted from the topic. Considering the question of how to remove "this option is enabled by the administrator" in the Chrome Browser, you could, of course, suggest using the Group Policy Editor, but the standard procedures do not always work. In addition, actions with the command line and the system registry are both faster and more efficient.

Thus, if you receive an error "This option is enabled by the administrator" (Chrome suffers from this in the first place), you will first have to register several commands in the console, and then check the settings in the system registry.

Using the command line

Now directly about the actions with the command console. We have a situation when there is an error "this option is enabled by the administrator" (Chrome is used or another browser, in this case it does not matter):

• The command line should be called exclusively on behalf of the administrator, for example, through the main menu, from the "Explorer" (cmd.exe file in the System32 folder) or from the "Run" menu (Win + R) by entering the cmd reduction.

• The first is the command to delete Group Policy settings for all users: RD / S / Q "% WinDir% \ System32 \ GroupPolicyUsers" . After entering it, the Enter key is pressed.
• The second command, which removes the same parameters for the selected local user, looks like this: RD / S / Q "% WinDir% \ System32 \ GroupPolicy" . After it, press Enter again.
• Finally, you use the full group policy update command: gpupdate / force .

After all three commands are executed, you need to call the browser and see if the error "this option is enabled by the administrator" (we see Chrome simply as an example).

Actions with the system registry

If the problem has not been resolved, you will have to use the Registry Editor, which is called through the "Run" console, by entering the regedit string. By the way, it is here that you can make a maximum of settings, which for ordinary tools of Windows-systems are not available.

Now the decision itself:

• In the editor you need to pay attention to the HKLM branch and, going down the directory tree through SOFTWARE and Policies, find the Google folder in which the Chrome directory is located.

• On the right side of the editor, we are interested in two keys: DefaultSearchProviderEnabled and DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL .
• Double-clicking on each of them brings up the editing window.
• The first parameter in the value graph must be set to zero, for the second one, simply delete all the contents of this field, in each case, save the changes by clicking the "OK" button.
• To make the changes have an effect, the entire system must be rebooted.

In theory, after this, the error message will no longer appear.

Yes, just in case, through the properties of the browser shortcut in the path to the executable file, check to see if there is anything else written there. After the EXE extension, nothing else should be there. If there is something all the same, just delete all unnecessary and save the changes.

Summary results

As we see, the correction of such an unpleasant situation is nothing particularly complicated. Pay attention only to the fact that both the command console and the registry editor should be run exclusively on behalf of the administrator. Otherwise, either the settings will not be applied due to lack of necessary rights, or get the most common denial of access.

Returning to group policies (the settings of which actually changed), it remains to note that it is impossible to perform actions on the command line by analogy in the editor itself. But the registry, in comparison with the policy editor has a higher priority on changing system parameters. So, using the settings of the policy editor in this case looks absolutely inappropriate.