Win11 - GPEDIT

[Bad 💀 Motha]

How to enable Group Policy Editor in Windows 11 HOME EDITION

1. In Windows 11 Home Editions, gpedit is not available as default so we need to enable the gpedit first by typing the following in a text file and saving the file with any name, and the extension must be .bat file and close the file.

paste the below content inside the .bat file

u/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

2. Right-click on the .bat file that you have created above and run as administrator. A command prompt will open and complete the process automatically. When the process is finished, the command prompt will tell you to Press any key to continue and then restart the PC.

3. Now click the window icon from the taskbar and type run to open the run box and then type gpedit.msc to open the Local Group Policy Editor window.

[N3tRunn3r]

Running Windows 11 Pro 23H2

WIN+R
gpedit.msc

..works!

So, gpedit may be disabled by default just for the "W10/11 Home" edition.

[metamec]

It works fine in the Pro and Enterprise editions, as expected.

The above is really a hack to make it available in Windows versions which should not have it.

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:

So, possibly gpedit is disabled by default just for the "W11 Home" edition.

Yeah, it's not supposed to be available in Home editions, but it's possible to 'unofficially' enable.

[metamec]

Lower your sensitivity levels. Nobody was trying to hurt your feelings.

It just reads like Group Policy Editor is not available by default in Windows 11. I'm sure you didn't intend that. It's not a failing on your part. There's nothing wrong with people providing additional clarification.

Thanks for posting what you did. It's great that you would post something so useful. Now Home users realise they can use Group Policy Editor too. You did a great thing. Good going. 👍

[Ocelote.12]

Is it legal?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ok I edited the OP, sorry for any confusions.
Thank you for pointing out something that should have been obvious.
Since this doesn't pertain to anyone using Win11 Editions such as Pro / Business / Enterprise

[DeadBeat]

It's ok

[A&A]

In addition, this script also works on Windows 10 Home edition ;)
It should work on Windows 7 and 8, but I am not sure about the package's name (Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package) if is a little bit changed.

[Illusion of Progress]

Thanks for sharing the information (and extra props for admitting you made a well meaning presumption and correcting it instead of making a bigger deal of it). I don't think I will have a need for this, but it's nice to know it exists because you never know.

The only thing I had issues with where it might have come in handy was when Windows was being stubborn about updating Adrenalin recently, but I don't think even this would have stopped it even. For whatever reason, when it comes to Adrenalin specifically, Windows seems to ignore all settings and just update it (it does leave the underlying driver version the same so it's just Adrenalin it changes and yes it's coming through Windows Update and not Adrenlin itself auto-updating). I tried the setting to leave my devices updates off. I tried the registry values (this is what the group policy method does as far as I know). None of that worked.

What worked for me there was using the driver rollback feature and giving Microsoft a reason for why I was rolling it back (this is Orwellian stuff here...). Haven't seen it auto update since.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ok thank you. Just wanted to share this (got the info from a Microsoft Employee on the Microsoft Forums) as it can be helpful to those using systems with Win10/11 Home Edition. If you built your own PC, please just get a key for Pro at least, never buy Home Edition, it's a rip off. But I know many have Home Edition as it came with their pre-build or laptop system.

Using GPEDIT directly is much better then using some shady 3rd party software.

[DeadBeat]

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

Thanks for sharing the information (and extra props for admitting you made a well meaning presumption and correcting it instead of making a bigger deal of it)

My goodness I feel bad now

[A&A]

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

What worked for me there was using the driver rollback feature and giving Microsoft a reason for why I was rolling it back (this is Orwellian stuff here...). Haven't seen it auto update since.

The Windows Update service after build 1909 seems to start automatically even if it is disabled. If you go to advanced system settings in the hardware tab and from the device installation settings, you should be able to disable the automatic download of manufacturer apps (but not the drivers)

[Illusion of Progress]

Originally posted by DeadBeat:

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

Thanks for sharing the information (and extra props for admitting you made a well meaning presumption and correcting it instead of making a bigger deal of it)

My goodness I feel bad now

No need to. Some people respond to harshness and some respond to encouragement to do better. I guess both have a place. Your comment was harsh but maybe it was more impactful. I don't know.

Originally posted by A&A:

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

What worked for me there was using the driver rollback feature and giving Microsoft a reason for why I was rolling it back (this is Orwellian stuff here...). Haven't seen it auto update since.

The Windows Update service after build 1909 seems to start automatically even if it is disabled. If you go to advanced system settings in the hardware tab and from the device installation settings, you should be able to disable the automatic download of manufacturer apps (but not the drivers)

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind, because yeah I don't want to disable Windows update entirely.

For now it hasn't updated so I'm pretty sure the rollback driver and "choose a reason why" set some flag in Windows for it not to do it for that particular application. Whether it goes back to auto updating once I update AMD's drivers (which will change Adrenalin too) is something I don't know yet.

[DeadBeat]

You should be writing books not wasting your time on the steam forums. You've got talent.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

WINKEY+R
GPEDIT.MSC

Computer Config > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Do Not Include Drivers with Windows Updates > Set to Enabled

Exit GPE and restart Windows

[DeadBeat]

Why as a novice do I need enable this?