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Download Microsoft Edge More info about Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge IGroupPolicyObject interface provides methods to create and modify a GPO directly, without using the Group Policy Object Editor.

Note that this interface does not support multithreaded object concurrency.

Inheritance

The IGroupPolicyObject interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IGroupPolicyObject also has these types of members:

Methods

The IGroupPolicyObject interface has these methods.

IGroupPolicyObject::GetDisplayName

The GetDisplayName method retrieves the display name for the GPO. (IGroupPolicyObject.GetDisplayName) IGroupPolicyObject::GetDSPath

The GetDSPath method retrieves the Active Directory path to the root of the specified GPO section. IGroupPolicyObject::GetFileSysPath

The GetFileSysPath method retrieves the file system path to the root of the specified GPO section. The path is in UNC format. IGroupPolicyObject::GetMachineName

The GetMachineName method retrieves the computer name of the remote GPO. This is the name specified by the OpenRemoteMachineGPO method. IGroupPolicyObject::GetName

The GetName method retrieves the unique GPO name. IGroupPolicyObject::GetOptions

The GetOptions method retrieves the options for the GPO. IGroupPolicyObject::GetPath

The GetPath method retrieves the path to the GPO. IGroupPolicyObject::GetPropertySheetPages

The GetPropertySheetPages method retrieves the property sheet pages associated with the GPO. IGroupPolicyObject::GetRegistryKey

The GetRegistryKey method retrieves a handle to the root of the registry key for the specified GPO section. IGroupPolicyObject::GetType

The GetType method retrieves type information for the GPO being edited. (IGroupPolicyObject.GetType) IGroupPolicyObject::New

The New method creates a new GPO in the Active Directory with the specified display name. The method opens the GPO using the OpenDSGPO method. IGroupPolicyObject::OpenDSGPO

The OpenDSGPO method opens the specified GPO and optionally loads the registry information. IGroupPolicyObject::OpenLocalMachineGPO

The OpenLocalMachineGPO method opens the default GPO for the computer and optionally loads the registry information. IGroupPolicyObject::OpenRemoteMachineGPO

The OpenRemoteMachineGPO method opens the default GPO for the specified remote computer and optionally loads the registry information. IGroupPolicyObject::Save

The Save method saves the specified registry policy settings to disk and updates the revision number of the GPO. IGroupPolicyObject::SetDisplayName

The SetDisplayName method sets the display name for the GPO. IGroupPolicyObject::SetOptions

The SetOptions method sets the options for the GPO.

Remarks

For methods that Microsoft Management Console (MMC) extension snap-ins can use to communicate with the Group Policy Object Editor, see the IGPEInformation interface.

Requirements