GroupPolicyObject.OpenDSGpo Method (String, Boolean, Boolean)

Opens the Group Policy object (GPO) that has the specified path.

Namespace: Microsoft.GroupPolicy
Assembly: Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management.Interop (in Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management.Interop.dll)

Syntax

public void OpenDSGpo(
    string gpoPath,
    bool readOnly,
    bool loadRegistry
)

public:
void OpenDSGpo(
    String^ gpoPath,
    bool readOnly,
    bool loadRegistry
)

member OpenDSGpo : 
        gpoPath:string *
        readOnly:bool *
        loadRegistry:bool -> unit

Public Sub OpenDSGpo (
    gpoPath As String,
    readOnly As Boolean,
    loadRegistry As Boolean
)

readOnly
Type: System.Boolean

true to open the GPO in read-only mode; otherwise, false.

loadRegistry
Type: System.Boolean

true to load the registry; otherwise, false.

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	gpoPath is an empty string (“”).
ArgumentNullException	gpoPath is null.
ObjectDisposedException	The GroupPolicyObject is disposed.

To create a new GPO in the Active Directory, you can call the one of the overloaded CreateNew methods.