Poledit.exe Not Updated During WinNT SP3 Installation

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you apply Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3), you find that the file Poledit.exe has not been replaced as documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

   ARTILCE-ID: Q162774
   TITLE     : Policy Editor Crashes When Using Large Custom ADM Files

CAUSE

The file Poledit.exe is listed under the section [MustReplace.System32.files] in the Service Pack 3 Update.inf file. Whereas poledit is actually installed in the SystemRoot directory by default.

Poledit.exe should go under the [SystemRoot.files] section in the Update.inf file.

The service pack is designed to only replace files that are currently installed on the system, since Update.exe looked for the Poledit.exe file in the System32 directory and was not found, it did not copy it.

RESOLUTION

1. Expand the Windows NT Service Pack 3 Update.exe file in a separate directory using the /X Switch: NT4SP3_I.EXE /X

2. Copy Poledit.exe from the folder created in step 1 to the %SystemRoot% folder.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.