How to Fix Access Denied to gpedit.msc Problem

You may have earlier faced the problem that gpedit.msc was not working on your system. When in your PC gpedit.msc will not work then try to open the other commands with msc extensions, that will also not work like services.msc, devmgmt.msc, compmgmt.msc etc.

When you try by double clicking the gpedit.msc inside the windows\system32 folder then you will get same error “Access is Denied” even if you will try through administrator account. 


Solution to "Access is Denied" in gpedit.msc and other commands :


First Method


Try to restore your system at earlier system restore point. It may help you.


Second Method

Since the problems vary for different users, installing Microsoft Management Console 3.0 for Windows XP may also work for you.


Download MMC


Third and best Method

Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
Now traverse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.msc and delete the registry entry on the right side.

After deleting it when you will try to run gpedit.msc, it will open an “Open with” dialog box.

Now select the second option and browse to get a new option; browse to C:\Windows\system32\mmc.exe

A new option “Microsoft Management Console” will appear in the window.

Select this option and remember to check the box below to always run the command without doing this again and again.

Now you will be able to open all .msc extensions commands easily.