Windows 7 - Control Panel - Add Local Group Policy Editor

**Brink**

How to Add "Local Group Policy Editor" to the Control Panel in Vista and Windows 7

Information

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

EXAMPLE: Before and After "Local Group Policy Editor" added to Control Panel
NOTE: This is the Control Panel icons and category view.

Here's How:

1. To Remove Local Group Policy Editor
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click the Download button below to download the file below.
Remove_GroupPolicy_ControlPanel.reg

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Add Local Group Policy Editor
A) Click the Download button below to download the file below.
Add_GroupPolicy_ControlPanel.reg

3. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the Desktop.

4. Right click on the extracted .reg file and click on Merge.

5. Click on Run, Yes, Yes and OK when prompted.

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

That's it,
Shawn

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**BCALab** · 03-10-2010

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

**Brink** · 03-10-2010

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.

**BCALab** · 03-11-2010

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

**Brink** · 03-11-2010

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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