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Control Panel - Add Local Group Policy Editor

How to Add "Local Group Policy Editor" to the Control Panel in Windows
Published 22 Nov 2008
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Applies to:
7,8,Vista

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How to Add "Local Group Policy Editor" to the Control Panel in Windows

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This will show you how to add Local Group Policy Editor, also known as gpedit.msc, to the Control Panel in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.


EXAMPLE: Before and After "Local Group Policy Editor" added to Control Panel
NOTE: This is the Control Panel icons and category view.
Control Panel - Add Local Group Policy Editor-default_control_panel-1.jpgControl Panel - Add Local Group Policy Editor-added_control_panel-1.jpg
Control Panel - Add Local Group Policy Editor-category.jpg

Here's How:
1. To Remove "Local Group Policy Editor" from Control Panel
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
Remove_GroupPolicy_ControlPanel.reg

download
B) Go to step 3.
2. To Add "Local Group Policy Editor" to Control Panel
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
Add_GroupPolicy_ControlPanel.reg
download
3. Save the .reg file to the Desktop.

4. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to Merge it.

5. Click/tap on Run, Yes, Yes (UAC-Windowws 7/8) or Continue (UAC-Vista), and OK when prompted.

6. When finished, you can delete the .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn



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10 Mar 2010   #1
BCALab

Windows 7
 
 
Regedit Explaination

I completely understand that some people would like to just download a program (or zip file) and have it do all the work for them when trying to "fix" an issue.

I, however, am not one of those people. Especially since it's not a good idea to allow strangers make changes to your registry w/o knowing what they are doing.

Is there anyway you could give details as to what registry changes your zip file makes? I was hoping that by running the file the registry would open to the new entry. Alas, it did not. It worked perfectly. I'd just like to know how it worked.

Thanks,
Kinsey

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10 Mar 2010   #2
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
 
 

Hello Kinsey,

Sure thing. I do not blame you.

You can just right click on the extracted REG file from the ZIP and click on EDIT to see what changes are made to registry and where without having to merge or run them. From there, you can manually make the changes in the registry instead.
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11 Mar 2010   #3
BCALab

Windows 7
 
 
Awesomeness

That's great. I tried that but forgot that you need to extract the file before I can view it's contents. Silly me.

Thanks for the help.
Kinsey
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11 Mar 2010   #4
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
 
 

LOL, I'm glad to hear that you got it sorted Kinsey It's always the little things that catch us.
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