[gptalk] Re: Can Group Policy Settings be accessed and set from an application

  • From: "Darren Mar-Elia" <darren@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:07:13 -0700

Generally speaking, you can't do this. There is no API that will get you
access to all GP settings. Part of the problem here is that each CSE that MS
ships contains its own mechanism for writing and storing settings, with
their own formats. So, there is no unified API that provides the single
interface.
 
Not a great answer, but one that I've been repeating since about 1999 :).
Maybe one day it will get solved.
 
Darren

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Hello All,
 
I have an application where I need to manage group policy settings from an
application. I'm new to Group Policies in Windows, have been reading
everything I can find but so far I've not definitive methods which enable
group policy settings to be read and configured from a C++ application.
Seems to me that if group policies can be configured with Windows group
policy editor, it must be possible to implement my own application. 
 
Appreciate any help anyone can provide to get me up to speed on this. 
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Dave

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