Magento – Mage registry key “_singleton/weee/observer” already exists

ce-1.7.0.0keymagento-1.7registrysingleton

When I try to add or edit a product I receive the following error:

Mage registry key "_singleton/weee/observer" already exists
Trace:
#0 app/Mage.php(222): Mage::throwException('Mage registry k...')
#1 app/Mage.php(476): Mage::register('_singleton/weee...', false)
#2 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/App.php(1316): Mage::getSingleton('weee/observer')
#3 app/Mage.php(447): Mage_Core_Model_App->dispatchEvent('adminhtml_catal...', Array)
#4 app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Catalog/Product/Edit/Tab/Attributes.php(143): Mage::dispatchEvent('adminhtml_catal...', Array)
#5 app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Widget/Form.php(144): Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Catalog_Product_Edit_Tab_Attributes->_prepareForm()
#6 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(862): Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Form->_beforeToHtml()
#7 app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Catalog/Product/Edit/Tabs.php(79): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml()
#8 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(238): Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Catalog_Product_Edit_Tabs->_prepareLayout()
#9 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(456): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->setLayout(Object(Mage_Core_Model_Layout))
#10 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(472): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->createBlock('adminhtml/catal...', 'product_tabs')
#11 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(239): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->addBlock('adminhtml/catal...', 'product_tabs')
#12 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(205): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->_generateBlock(Object(Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Element), Object(Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Element))
#13 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(210): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->generateBlocks(Object(Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Element))
#14 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(344): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->generateBlocks()
#15 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(269): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->generateLayoutBlocks()
#16 app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Controller/Action.php(275): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->loadLayout(Array, true, true)
#17 app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/Catalog/ProductController.php(207): Mage_Adminhtml_Controller_Action->loadLayout(Array)
#18 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(419): Mage_Adminhtml_Catalog_ProductController->newAction()
#19 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php(250): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch('new')
#20 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php(176): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Object(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http))
#21 app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/App.php(354): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch()
#22 app/Mage.php(683): Mage_Core_Model_App->run(Array)
#23 index.php(124): Mage::run('catalog', 'website')
#24 {main}

Magento ver. 1.7.0.0
Compiler turned off
cleared cache
rebuilt index
no updates or new extensions have been installed it just quit working

Any help would be appreciated!

Best Answer

This error arriving due to empty values in registry.

to prevent it, you need to disable 'compilation' mode, and if you want to use it, re run it.

php -f shell/compiler.php disable
php -f shell/compiler.php clear
php -f shell/compiler.php compile