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Brian Henry · Guest

Is it possible to get Group policy managment console to run on windows xp
pro 64bit? It installed and loads right and sees the active directory but
when you double click on a group policy to edit it, it says "windows cannot
find 'gpedit.msc'. make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try
again." gpedit.msc is on the system but it runs a 32 or 64bit selector when
you start it from the run menu... any idea how to edit an AD GP from 64-bit
windows?

Darrell Gorter[MSFT] · Guest

Hello Brian,
See this article:
304718 How to use the Administration Tools Pack to remotely administer
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304718

In particular this portion:
Windows cannot find ?gpedit.msc?. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start
button, and then click Search.Modify the syntax of your command line or
shortcut to use the following syntax:

%windir%\syswow64\mmc.exe %systemroot%\system32\dssite.msc -32

Since MMC snap-ins can contain additional snap-ins, there can be 32-bit and
64-bit snap-ins listed any one particular snap-in.
so you are starting either a 32-bit or 64-bit MMC.exe.
When both 32-bit and 64-bit snap-ins are hosted you are presented with the
dialog box selector.
It can usually make one jump, but sometimes a snap-in hosts other snap-ins
which in turn host a snap-in, so multiple transitions from 32-bit to 64-bit
to 32-bit back to 64-bit for example may have issues inside a single
snap-in call.

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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