How to reset Local Group Policy in two steps

There are so many reasons and situations where we need to reset Local Group Policy (GPO) from a Windows host. Here is an easy method to do it.

Good to know

• The file "C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\registry.pol" contains Computer Configuration settings

• The file "C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\User\registry.pol" contains User Configuration settings

Commands

From a Administrator Command Prompt

• Remove C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy folder :

 C:\Users\Administrator> RD /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy"

• Remove C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicyUsers folder :

 C:\Users\Administrator> RD /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"

• Reboot :

 C:\Users\Administrator> shutdown /r /t 0

After restart Local Group Policy should be completely reset

Source

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