Goal
Clear the group policy cache on a machine
Solution
Option 1
- Open My Computer/Computer
- In the URL or address bar paste: %windir%\system32\GroupPolicy
- Right click and delete the: Machine and User folders to clear local group policy cache
- Restart the computer to reapply the group policies
You can also run the little PowerShell oneliner as Administrator to remove the Group Policy folder and all files below:
Remove-Item "$env:windir\system32\GroupPolicy" -Force -Recurse
Option 2
- Delete the “HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft” Key (looks like a folder).
- Delete the “HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft” Key
- Delete the “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects” Key.
- Delete the “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies” Key.
Option 3
- Remove the computer from the domain – (change to a Workgroup)
- Restart computer
- Run gpupdate /force
- Rejoin the domain
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