Check this article for the steps how to enable Group Policy Editor Windows 11 Home Edition. Administrators require using the Group Policy Editor to carry out system level policy changes for all the users spread across the network. The general users use the same to execute various tweaks and medications.
We must remind you that Windows has four major builds – Profession, Student, Enterprise and home. Out of them, the Professional Edition is the only edition of Windows has the GPE feature built-in. We hope that most of you are the users on the Home Edition which doesn’t come natively with a Group Policy Editor.
There exist a handy workaround through which you could enable the Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Home Edition. This is what the purpose the article is prepared for. Below the complete guide is provided for you to make this process handy for you.
Steps how to enable Group Policy Editor Windows 11
The highlight of this method is that we will guide how you can install Group Policy Editor through the files already exist within your operating system. Thus, there is no downloads actually required. Even if your Windows doesn’t have gpedit.msc installed, all of the data for the utility are stored in the system files:
- Copy and paste the code below and paste it in Notepad. Save the file with the .BAT extension:
@echo off
pushd “%~dp0”
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txt
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txt
for /f %%i in (‘findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul’) do dism /online /norestart /add-package:”%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i”
pause
- Right-click on the BAT file and run it as administrator.
- DISM command prompt should open. It will install the relevant packages to enable the GPEDIT on your computer. Wait for the process to complete. When finished, you will receive message Press any key to continue,
- Tap any key and the command window will close,
- Now, press Win + R to open Run command and type in Gpedit.msc in the dialogue box to access Group Policy Editor.
You don’t require the system reboot for the utility to show up. You can, if you want to, turn off the system and turn it on again. If you want to modify a policy, but it doesn’t appear to take effect, you should be surprised as it is not more than a hit-and-miss. There is no known workarounds yet known to enable the functionality in Windows 11 Home, besides upgrading to the Windows Pro version.
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Conclusion
On that note, we round off the guide on how to enable the Group Policy Editor Windows 11 Home Edition. This will also fix the issue Windows cannot find gpedit.msc error. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, you can ask from us through the comment section below.
