gpedit.msc

[c2483]

What does it do? I am working on a tweak program. I notice if I do the reg hack, the tweak works. If I have set it in gpedit.msc before, the reg hack doesnt work.

For example, the hack to show/hide shared documents in my computer is adding or deleting a key. It work good. But if I go into gpedit.msc and set it to show or hide shared documents, the reg hack doesnt work anymore. It always does whatever gpedit.msc says.

 

[aewarnick]

It probably either puts the entry back or does not use it at all. Have you checked to see if the entry is back after the program is run?

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

gpedit is the Group Policy Editor, basically an administrative tool allowing admins to define settings and configuration on a PC or user basis that will automatically be applied when the PC boots up or the user logs in, overriding the registry settings, but also be removed when the user logs out / PC shuts down.

It is an advance on System Policies which shipped pre Win2k / XP, they had a similar idea but updated the regisrty, this caused problems as when a user logged out the system policy wasnt removed.