You can open the Local Group Policy Editor by using the command line or by using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
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To open the Local Group Policy Editor from the command line |
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Click Start, type gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
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To open the Local Group Policy Editor as an MMC snap-in |
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Open MMC. (Click Start, click in the Start Search box, type mmc, and then press ENTER.)
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On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
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In the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, click Group Policy Object Editor, and then click Add.
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In the Select Group Policy Object dialog box, click Browse.
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Click This computer to edit the Local Group Policy object, or click Users to edit Administrator, Non-Administrator, or per-user Local Group Policy objects.
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Click Finish.
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Note |
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If you want to save a Local Group Policy Editor console and choose which GPO opens in it from the command line, select the Allow the focus of the Group Policy Snap-in to be changed when launching from the command line check box in the Select Group Policy Object dialog box. |
Additional considerations
- Local Group Policy Editor and the Resultant
Set of Policy snap-in are available in Windows Server 2008 R2 and
Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 7
Enterprise. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=139815.