gpedit.msc

[rdv]

I am trying to change group policy on one of my machines.
Help and Support tells me to:

1. Click START and then click RUN
2. Type gpedit.msc and then click OK

When I do that I get a box that says Windows cannot open
this file... Windows needs to know what program created
it. The box then suggests that I can select a program
from a list or go online to select a program. This has
happened with other .msc files. Does anyone know what is
going on?

Thanks
Ron

[Patrick Hallihan]

It looks like the association between mmc.exe and the .msc files has been
broken. You should be able to open it manually with this command:

"mmc %systemroot%\system32\gpedit.msc"

Regards,
Patrick Hallihan
MCSE, MCDBA

"rdv" > wrote in message
...
> I am trying to change group policy on one of my machines.
> Help and Support tells me to:
>
> 1. Click START and then click RUN
> 2. Type gpedit.msc and then click OK
>
> When I do that I get a box that says Windows cannot open
> this file... Windows needs to know what program created
> it. The box then suggests that I can select a program
> from a list or go online to select a program. This has
> happened with other .msc files. Does anyone know what is
> going on?
>
> Thanks
> Ron
>