Configuring Registry Settings with Group Policy

In this lecture, I am going to be showing you how you can use Group Policy to create Registry Settings.

We are going to create a Registry Setting that will allow us to right-click any file and open it with Notepad.

Open Server Manager > Tools > Group Policy Management.

Right-click instructorpaul.com and choose to Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here...

Name the GPO Registry Settings and click OK.

Right-click on Registry Settings and choose Edit.

NOTE: We can configure the settings on a Computer basis or User basis.

Expand Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry. Right click on the right empty pane and choose New > Registry Item.

NOTE: Before we go any further, you should keep in mind editing your Registry is generally a bad idea if you don’t know exactly what you are doing. You can cause a lot of problems with your computers, and some of the issues are even irreversible and you most likely need to reformat and rebuild your computer. You should be testing in a lab environment and not in a production environment.

The New Registry Properties window will appear. Edit the following:

Action: Create

Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Key path: *\shell\Open with Notepad\command

Value name: click Default check box

Value Type: REG_SZ

Value data: notepad.exe %1

Click on Apply and OK buttons.

We are ready to test it in our Domain Controller since we linked it to the…