6 Tools to Enable Greyed Out Buttons in Windows
If you need to enable disabled buttons in software or Windows, several tools can help you out:
- Winabler for simple drag-and-drop functionality.
- TurnItOn! / Enable! for selective button enabling.
- DM2 for hotkey-based enabling.
- Windows Enabler for one-click button activation.
- Enabler for quick and simple button enabling.
- Daanav Enabler for a modern solution compatible with Windows 8.
These tools can help you force-enable disabled UI elements like buttons and checkboxes. Let’s check them out.
Best button enabler tools
1. Winabler
Winabler is a powerful tool designed to enable disabled UI elements, such as buttons and checkboxes. You simply drag and drop the crosshair over the disabled button to enable it. If the button keeps disabling itself, tick the box to “Repeatedly enable objects.” It also supports enabling menus, allowing you to interact with options even if they’re disabled.
2. TurnItOn! / Enable!
TurnItOn!, now known as Enable!, is a portable tool that gives you more control over enabling disabled buttons. After dragging the “Drag me!” text to the disabled object, you can choose which items to enable from a list. It also allows you to show, hide, disable, or activate other objects.
3. DM2
DM2 is a window manager that allows you to manipulate open windows. With its “WinEnable” plugin, you can use a hotkey to enable disabled buttons. After setting the hotkey in DM2’s settings, press it to activate the “WinEnable” module, then click on the grayed-out button to enable it.
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4. Windows Enabler
Windows Enabler is a simple tool that lets you enable disabled buttons with a single click. It’s one of the first tools for this purpose, and despite its age, it still works on Windows 7. Run the program and click the tray icon to enable buttons on any window.
5. Enabler
Enabler is a small (60KB) tool that enables disabled Windows buttons with just a click. However, it lacks feedback, so it’s unclear whether the tool has detected and enabled the button.
6. Daanav Enabler
Daanav Enabler is a modern tool that works on Windows 8 and can enable disabled buttons. You can either click the “Enable Disabled” button or press the F6 key when hovering over a window’s titlebar. It’s portable but comes with an unnecessary installer.
Conclusion & Notes
If you are eager to test the programs above but currently can’t think of where to find a disabled button, try running Windows Task Manager. Simultaneously press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to launch Windows Task Manager and click on the Users tab. Then click on your user name and you will see the “Send Message” button grayed out / disabled. You can now enabling the Send Message button with any of the 6 tools that we have mentioned and it should work. Do note that not all disabled or grayed out buttons, checkboxes, radios and etc can be enabled.
IS there a tool for doing the opposite?I’m trying to install a software that has a checked greyed outbox. This causes it to begin an unnecessary download before installing the software, and in turn, a 404 error appears, saying the download could not be found which in turn stops the software from installing. Can anyone help me with this?
Can you tell us what the software/installer is?
It’s actually the same tool, it will enable the checkbox (remove the grey) so you can turn it off (make unchecked).
I can try, whats the name of the software? Can you post a link? Try the internet wayback machine.
I am using a chromebook so how do i install using chrome os?
Thanks for your help!
thank you very much, for winabler , it works great, helped me a lot, such a good thing i could find it, otherwise i would have installed windows 10 again , because of a grayed button.
Just found a note for myself that reminded me that you need to run Windows Enabler 1.1 as Admistrator. Just tried it and IT WORKS!
Tried Danaav Enabler the same way and it still did not work…not going to try more…
Unable to get any of these working for Windows 10, at least not with the Copy To button for User Profiles in the System control panel…anyone else have better success?
use tnt enforcer,i was able to enable the greyed copy to and open its window by it
Thanks for mentioning TNT enforcer. Found a working link: web.archive.org/web/20070811001931/http://nokia.nigelcoldwell.co.uk/stuff/tntenforcer.exe
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I was hoping that newer tools than Windows Enabler would be able to ‘Enable’ the Copy to button underneath Profiles (in Windows 8.1). Like in Windows 7 it was very easy to copy a local profile to the default profile,
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I have imagine where to use this software.. with this i can have unlimited access to a software in my school…
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