Fix: Group Policy Editor missing in Windows 11 or 10

Group Policy Editor is one of the features unique to Windows Professional and Business editions that helps everyone from network administrators to ordinary users. However, in rare cases, users see this error message "Windows cannot find gpedit.msc. Make sure you enter the name correctly. " while trying to Open the Local Group Policy Editor. Don't worry. Sometimes, existing system files may get corrupted due to some reasons. You can fix it easily.

Fix 1 – Which Windows version are you using

As we mentioned, the Group Policy Editor is not available in Windows Home Edition. Check which version of Windows you are using.

1. First, press the Windows key and I key at the same time. This will open the settings screen.

2. Simply click on "System" in the left pane.

3. Next, in the right pane, scroll down and click "About".

#4. Here you can easily notice the current version of Windows you are using from the left pane.

#If you are using Windows Home edition, you can easily upgrade to Professional or Business edition.

Alternatively, if you want to use the Group Policy Editor tool in Home Edition, jump to Fix 3.

Fix 2 – Copy Files and Folders

Copying the missing files from the sysWOW64 folder to the main System32 folder might actually work.

1. Press the Windows key and the E key at the same time.

2. After opening File Explorer, navigate to this directory -

C:\Windows\SysWOW64

3. Once you are there, find these folders and the snap-in console file -

组策略组策略用户gpedit.msc

4.Select these files and click the Copy icon on the menu bar to copy the files immediately.

5. Then, go to this place -

C:\Windows\System32

6. Just paste the copied contentinto this directory That’s it.

After completing this operation, close File Explorer and restart the system.

After the system starts, try to access the local Group Policy Editor.

Fix 3 – Install gpedit.msc from a batch file

You can download and install gpedit.msc manually from a batch file very easily.

1. First, you must download the enable_gpedit file.

2. After downloading, extract it to a location on your system.

3. After unzipping the zip file,

double-click " setup.exe".

4. In the Setup-gpedit.msc screen, click

Next once to continue.

5. After that, just click "

Install" once to install gpedit.msc on your computer.

Just wait for it to be installed on your system.

6. After completion, click "

Complete" to complete the installation process.

When finished, return to the extraction directory again.

7. Here, just right-click on the "

gpedit-enabler" batch file and click on "Run as administrator".

The batch file will now run with administrative privileges.

8. Batch files add certain Group Policy features to your system.

9. Wait a moment and you will see the message "

The operation completed successfully. Press any key to continue..." on the terminal.

10. Just

press one key to complete.

Now all you have to do is close everything else and

restart the window once.

After restarting the system, try opening the Group Policy Editor again.

It should be OK this time.

Fix 4 – Create a Batch File and Run

If you don’t want to download and run a batch file, you can easily create one and then run it to achieve the same results.

1. You must enter "

Notepad" in the search box.

2. After that, click "

Notepad".

2. In a blank notepad page, just

copy-paste these lines.

@echo 关闭推送“%~dp0”dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txtdir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txtfor /f %%i in ('findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"暂停

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4. After that, set the file type to "All files".

5. Now, you have to name this batch file " .bat ". You can name it "gpedit_enabler_batch.bat".

6. Navigate to the desktop to save the file. After that, click "Save" to save the file.

After saving the file, go to the location where you saved the file.

7. Just right-click on the "gpedit_enabler_batch" batch file and click "Run as administrator" to run the batch file.

Wait a moment while this executes the batch file and re-enables the gpedit.msc snap-in console on your system.

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