'Fail to open Group Policy Object' error

Expert Jonathan Hassell provides a solution for the "Fail to open Group Policy Object' error on a Windows 2000 Server machine.

Published: 14 Dec 2005

I have a Windows 2000 Server; it is the domain controller. My server Group Policy Object gives the following error message: "Fail to open Group Policy Object. You may not have appropriate rights."

What can I do?

You or someone else with administrator rights may have inadvertently deleted the following folder structure:

•	%SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName
•	%SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies
•	%SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies\{GUID}
•	%SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies\{GUID}\Machine
•	%SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies\{GUID}\User

Check out the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 253268 for more information.

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