Enable Group Policy Editor () in Windows 10 Home Edition - MajorGeeks.Published by Timothy Tibbetts on 04/18/2021

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On a system with a bit architecture, the setup process should run smoothly and soon enough the Group Policy Editor should appear on screen when typing 'gpedit.

Users of bit architectures must take one additional step before installing the tweak, namely to copy gpedit. After that, they just have to start the installer and wait for it to finish its job. In case the installer fails to work properly and the Group Policy Editor still cannot be accessed on the Windows Home PC, then users can download and run the so-called enabler. Note that administrative privileges are required. This batch file is a system tweak that deploys missing features in Windows Home.

Normally, a system restart is not mandatory but, if the Group Policy Editor is still unavailable, it is recommended you try rebooting before anything else.

Please note that, although the tweak worked during our tests, it is no guaranteed that it will work on your system. I can still download things in a pen drive and follow the guide from another laptop, but how can I be sure that other simply tasks, like opening a browser or transfering files from a pen drive will work?

Jules November 27, AM. I keep reading this looking for some purpose to opening the dialogue box but I am not seeing it…. Metafaniel December 22, AM. Your comment is full of nonsensical statements and hysteria. Maybe go back to writing things by hand and storing records in paper documents in filing cabinets. Joseph October 19, PM. My Win 10 says upon running gpedit. R Fechter October 16, AM. It started to work asking if I wanted this app to make changes to my hard drive.

The snap-in might not have been installed correctly. I have done everythings , but still MMC error show. Please help me and let me know if there got any other way to solve. Luis Diez October 13, AM. James Bell October 7, PM. Followed the instructions for download exactly. Got the MMC error. Followed the fix instructions exactly. Still have the MMC error. Running version Is there a fix for this version. Did that and it worked. Jason Leong September 28, PM. Thank you and it worked.

Firdaus Ariefatosa September 26, AM. Allan September 24, PM. Obviously there is an issue with Win 10 Anniversary version. Please tell us when a fix is available or how to remove your installed software.

Your suggestions are excellent. I was able to install the group policy editor on my tablet. AS September 30, PM.

The anniversary update removed the ability to disable the pre-lock screen image. It is an image of their own choosing, which you cannot control. Thanks, Microsoft. Virus Total is a web service with 57 anti virus engines. Probably much better than the only one you use!

And again. Ever heard of Google? Wireball September 20, AM. I ran the enabler past virustotal. Cyndi September 7, AM. Aircrackng September 1, PM. Ed Z August 27, PM. Between this and the fact Win 10 is clobbering devices nothing new to Microsoft Win 10 may be one of the most hostile operating systems on the planet. Thorgils August 3, PM. Running Win10 v x I followed all these instructions, including those specific to a bit system.

Peter July 30, AM. I installed the program successfully. But when I run the gpedit. Bad Dog July 12, AM. Really , using this GPE is only going to allow some tweaks, am I the only power user left on planet earth?? Smart Dog August 15, PM. Apparently you only have no idea how much faster it is to set a policy than to edit the registry for computers.

Oh, wait, they need another change, lets go change another computers cause we are smart as crack heads and want to play in the registry to show we are power users. Sm July 9, AM. I am trying to change device driver installation timeout using device installation folder in gpedit.

Please help? Worked perfect for me! Do everything in the directions. Worked a Charm. Holco June 14, AM. Personally I never try system hacks. Usually cause more problems than they solve. Group Policy Editor was removed from Home Editions simply because too many people were needing tech support after screwing something up. MS figures your average Pro user is less likely to do that.

Groan all you want. However every thing you can do with GPE you can do in the registry. MS has made an Excel file available to show where to go to change what.

Lin Lin May 21, AM. Thank you. MPz May 20, PM. Thanks for this tool. Is this a case of deleting the install files or will I need to perform another action such as registry change? Jim May 12, PM. I tested this trick out years ago but it remains ineffective despite being enabled and therefore a waste of time. But still it remains executable. By contrast, on a Professional Windows edition the same restriction does become active. So in short, it seems your wasting your time getting the GUI on Home editions as it still remains ineffective to the OS.

Regedit32 May 8, AM. I was hoping to disable Lock Screen but without this option in GPE I will have to resort to the Registry tweak via an elevated command prompt:.

Cornelius April 30, AM. Quick question. Should I have an installation entry? Thanks in advance! Should I be seeing this? Better safe than sorry. Thank you! Usman Khurshid May 4, PM. Which file did you download? Is it the one which we mentioned in the article or someone in the comments? Cornelius May 5, AM. It was the one in the main body of the article. Thanks for getting back!

Usman Khurshid May 5, AM. Osprey July 8, AM. If you were to host my installer and link it in the article, however, fewer people would go looking through these comments for help.

Please consider it. Usman Khurshid April 27, PM. Kevin thanks for the update. I have tried it and it works while running as an administrator. Jacques Chatenay April 20, AM. This worked fine as far as it went. My problem is that I want to apply a policy to a specific user so I need to be able to add the group policy editor as a snap in to the MMC when I open the mmc the and try to add a snap in the group policy editor is not available I can run gpedit.

Jun April 14, PM. I installed and replaced the files. Duplicated the files in sysWOW64, thus can search gor gpedit. Installed file x Aytac April 4, PM. Usman Khurshid March 28, AM. Eric you can disable OneDrive using Group Policy of the local computer. Please refer to this Microsoft guide for doing this. For advanced users, OneDrive can also be disabled using Windows Registry.

You can follow this Microsoft guide for disabling OneDrive using Registry. Osprey March 1, AM. I welcome people choosing between us which one to trust.

Sarchis February 27, PM. My systems works on 64 bits, under W Thanks for your effort to read all this. Disocia February 27, AM. Tried the updated install, and still get the issue that the MMC could not create the snap in. All I need to do is allow myself to install network protocols. If you have another way to do this, I would greatly appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance. Leo February 9, PM. I installed correctly in Windows 10 Home 64 bits following the steps one by one. I run gpedit. Usman Khurshid February 10, PM. Leo February 10, PM. Ramon April 27, AM. Same thing for me. Sorry, but the setup file is corrupted by 1 Trojan virus and 2 malware!!! So still looking for trusted source file! How did you determine the setup is bad? I ran the setup and used the gpedit which allowed TurboTax to update properly ie. Now you have me worried..

Osprey January 27, PM. You can see on the file host site that it comes up clean with ClamAV and Sophos. Installed with no problems on W10 Home x64 and seems to run OK. Thanks you to solve to horrible Microsoft missing in the home Edition.

Thanks Thanks Thanks. Glenn January 3, AM. After being sure the. Your instructions were perfect. Osprey January 5, AM. The only settings that we can access are ones defined in old ADM templates.

Unfortunately, that mostly means settings from Windows and XP. Those policies may be more baked into the system than a handful of DLLs or maybe Microsoft implemented some security to prevent this kind of use on other editions; who knows. David January 2, PM. However, changing the settings in Windows Update the reason for installing gpedit in the first place does not appear to have any effect.

Updates advanced still on shows Automatic etc. Any ideas? Mike January 1, PM. Well I have tried both methods and I still cannot get gpedit to run in my version of Windows Whenever I try to run it I get error message Windows cannot find gpedit.

So any further suggestions would be appreciated. Osprey January 2, PM. If not or even if so , run it as an administrator. Osprey December 24, PM. I decided to take the files from the installer and try to create a better installer that just works, without errors and without extra steps needed. I also added two features: the option to create Start Menu and Desktop icons and the ability to uninstall it upon which all of your original files will be restored.

Give my installer a try and tell us if it works and solves the errors. George January 27, AM. Osprey March 12, PM. Osprey March 14, AM. Some people have been clicking on the fake links around it and downloading who-knows-what, instead, then accusing me of uploading something packed with viruses. Arvin December 19, AM. JD January 28, PM. Sylvia Quiroz December 5, AM.

Yixiao February 13, AM. Same problem as yours, but I figure it out. Run x86 or x64 as administrator, and run installer. The mmc should be work. Fylipe November 25, PM. Sorry for my bad english. Ransom Bara November 14, PM. Rostislav Laifr November 11, AM. I succeded with installing gpedit.

Where can be the problem? Mostafa Akhlaqi November 6, PM. John Highet October 28, PM. Thanks for that — it seems to work perfectly on Win 10 Home edition — 64 bit version. Upgraded from Win8.

Regards ,. Usman Khurshid October 29, AM. JH thanks a lot for the feedback. I have removed the colon and put the folder names on the new line. I hope this will be clear now Dietmar J. Weller October 8, PM.

John Benson September 27, AM. This was for a 64 bit machine. Maybe the problems your correspondents are suffering stem from the following type of problems — all destined to strike terror into our hearts. My group policy holders file was empty as you saw from my post. I therefore went back to the beginning and followed the instructions word by word — especially. You may download it from the below mentioned download link……… This is a simple setup file which when run will install and configure the Group Policy Editor in your Windows Home system.

Password changes to stop expiration as follows: Maximum password age — set to zero for password never expires. Also it is recommended to set Minimum Passowrd Age to 0 zero as well to be sure.

Hope this works for you Rudy Kind regards — weeshus. Goldiee September 3, PM. Your email address will not be published. Skip to content Menu. How to Enable gpedit. Last Updated: June 11, He has experience in everything from IT support, helpdesk, sysadmin, network admin, and cloud computing.

Reach him at Twitter usmank No operation was performed. For more information, review the log file. Thank you for letting us know. The download link is now fixed. Have a nice one! I tried 2 and the fixes for bit but I am still getting the snap-in error.

All the three solutions given in this article are still working. Yes…The Script, worked like a charm. The installer comes straight from the author itself.

Great post! To add: If you have Windows 10, you can also add gpedit. If you have Windows 8. Policy Plus also runs under Starter and Home editions. It seemed to have worked then this: MMC could not create the snap in. To allow the install to successfully copy the files and folders to the proper locations, you must perform the following: 2. From an admin account, launch an elevated command prompt. There are several ways to do this: a.

Pls reply me now. Now to find an article on how to use the darn thing……. After completing those steps the gpedit program worked without any more errors! I keep reading this looking for some purpose to opening the dialogue box but I am not seeing it… Thank you! Not trying to be mean, just blunt. The first time I installed it on a and it worked fine.

How on gods green earth do you survive without common sense? Muchas Gracias Usman. Many thanks for assistance with this. Hi, Thanks for the tips and suggestions on installing Group Policy Editor. Any advice or help to get that Personalization template for GPE would be truly appreciated.

I think I installed this correctly on a x64 machine. The one mentioned in the article is tested and safe.