- It's most disappointing that you only get gpedit.msc in the Ultimate, Professional (old Business) and Enterprise editions, and not in the Windows 7 Home Premium or Basic editions. Another common problem is that you forget to type the.msc file extension. Windows 7 cannot find gpedit unless you append the.msc file extension.
- Bingung saya waktu install laptop ane pake windows 7 home premium, trus saya mau edit-edit kecepatan internet, eh tau-tau di windows 7 home premium gak ada gpedit.msc.
Local Group Policy Editor is only available in Professional (Business), Enterprise and Ultimate Editions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Users of Windows 7 or Windows Vista Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium will not get Local Group Policy Editor.
Add Gpedit Msc Windows 7 Home Premium
As you may already know, the Local Group Policy Editor app is available in Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition. Windows 10 Home users have no access to gpedit.msc due to restrictions applied to the OS. Here is a simple and elegant solution that allows unblocking it without installing third-party apps.
Group Policy is a way to configure computer and user settings for devices which are joined to Active Directory Domain Services (AD) as well as local user accounts. It controls a wide range of options and can be used to enforce settings and change the defaults for applicable users. Local Group Policy is a basic version of Group Policy for computers not included in a domain. The Local Group Policy settings are stored in the following folders:
C:WindowsSystem32GroupPolicy
C:WindowsSystem32GroupPolicyUsers.
If you are running Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition, you can use the Local Group Policy Editor app to configure the options with a GUI.
Unfortunately, gpedit.msc is not included in Windows 10 Home. If you are a Windows 10 Home user, you are forced to make all the required Group Policy with Registry tweaks.
Tip: You can search for required Registry keys and values by using the following web site: GPSearch.
Finally, the Reddit user 'whitesombrero' has discovered a method that allows enabling the Local Group Policy app in Windows 10 Home. Here is how it can be done.
To Enable Gpedit.msc (Group Policy) in Windows 10 Home,
- Download the following ZIP archive: Download ZIP archive.
- Extract its contents to any folder. It contains only one file, gpedit_home.cmd
- Unblock the included batch file.
- Right-click on the file.
- Select Run as Administrator from the context menu.
You are done!
The batch file will call DISM to activate Local Group Policy Editor. Wait until the batch file finishes its work.
Here are the contents of the batch file.
Please keep in mind that certain policies won't work in Windows Home. Some policies are hardcoded for Windows Pro+ versions. Also, if you activate gpedit.msc with the provided batch file, changing per-user policies won't take effect. They still require a Registry tweak.
Policy Plus
There is a good alternative to the built-in gpedit.msc app called Policy Plus. It is a third-party open source app:
PolicyPlus
Policy Plus is intended to make the power of Group Policy settings available to everyone.
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- Run and work on all Windows editions, not just Pro and Enterprise
- Comply fully with licensing (i.e. transplant no components across Windows installations)
- View and edit Registry-based policies in local GPOs, per-user GPOs, individual POL files, offline Registry user hives, and the live Registry
- Navigate to policies by ID, text, or affected Registry entries
- Show additional technical information about objects (policies, categories, products)
- Provide convenient ways to share and import policy settings
Thanks to whitesombrero, Piggelin-RD.
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Add Gpedit Msc Windows 7 Home Premium
As you may already know, the Local Group Policy Editor app is available in Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition. Windows 10 Home users have no access to gpedit.msc due to restrictions applied to the OS. Here is a simple and elegant solution that allows unblocking it without installing third-party apps.
Group Policy is a way to configure computer and user settings for devices which are joined to Active Directory Domain Services (AD) as well as local user accounts. It controls a wide range of options and can be used to enforce settings and change the defaults for applicable users. Local Group Policy is a basic version of Group Policy for computers not included in a domain. The Local Group Policy settings are stored in the following folders:
C:WindowsSystem32GroupPolicy
C:WindowsSystem32GroupPolicyUsers.
If you are running Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition, you can use the Local Group Policy Editor app to configure the options with a GUI.
Unfortunately, gpedit.msc is not included in Windows 10 Home. If you are a Windows 10 Home user, you are forced to make all the required Group Policy with Registry tweaks.
Tip: You can search for required Registry keys and values by using the following web site: GPSearch.
Finally, the Reddit user 'whitesombrero' has discovered a method that allows enabling the Local Group Policy app in Windows 10 Home. Here is how it can be done.
To Enable Gpedit.msc (Group Policy) in Windows 10 Home,
- Download the following ZIP archive: Download ZIP archive.
- Extract its contents to any folder. It contains only one file, gpedit_home.cmd
- Unblock the included batch file.
- Right-click on the file.
- Select Run as Administrator from the context menu.
You are done!
The batch file will call DISM to activate Local Group Policy Editor. Wait until the batch file finishes its work.
Here are the contents of the batch file.
Please keep in mind that certain policies won't work in Windows Home. Some policies are hardcoded for Windows Pro+ versions. Also, if you activate gpedit.msc with the provided batch file, changing per-user policies won't take effect. They still require a Registry tweak.
Policy Plus
There is a good alternative to the built-in gpedit.msc app called Policy Plus. It is a third-party open source app:
PolicyPlus
Policy Plus is intended to make the power of Group Policy settings available to everyone.
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- Run and work on all Windows editions, not just Pro and Enterprise
- Comply fully with licensing (i.e. transplant no components across Windows installations)
- View and edit Registry-based policies in local GPOs, per-user GPOs, individual POL files, offline Registry user hives, and the live Registry
- Navigate to policies by ID, text, or affected Registry entries
- Show additional technical information about objects (policies, categories, products)
- Provide convenient ways to share and import policy settings
Thanks to whitesombrero, Piggelin-RD.
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Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) is one of the favorite tools for power Windows users to tweak settings and implement important rules about many Windows components to optimize the PC further. We have also mentioned its use in lots of our Windows tweaking & troubleshooting tutorials (For example: Enable/Disable Fast User Switching in Windows requires Group Policy Editor).
Most of our user can following these tutorials easily because they have Group Policy Editor available & enabled in their system. So, all they need to do is type gpedit.msc in Run dialogue box & hit ENTER, Group policy editor screen will open instantly. But, for Windows users who are using Home premium, Home Basic or starter Windows 7/8/10 editions, doing this will show an error message that gpedit.msc not available.
So, for them, the journey to tweak Group policy ends before even starting because neither you would want to change your Windows version due to this glitch neither we recommend it. But thankfully, DevianArt user drudger has shared an installer file of gpedit.msc which you can use to get Group policy editor back to Home Premium, Home Basic and Starter editions of Windows 7/8/10.
The gpedit.msc installer was originally created by davehc @ Windows7forums so we are thankful to both of these guys to share the method to get Group Policy Editor back. Follow below steps to properly install and configure gpedit.msc for your Windows.
Steps to Install gpedit.msc
- Follow this link and download Gpedit ZIP file from the right side of the page.
- Extract downloaded ZIP file using WinRAR, 7-zip or other archive software.
- Install gpedit.msc using the setup.exe file (installer) available inside the compressed folder
- Now, you can run Group Policy Editor either by doing Windows search or typing gpedit.msc in Run dialogue box (Win+R shortcut keys).
NOTE 1: If you are using Windows 7 64-bit (x64) version, you must go to the SysWOW64 folder available at 'C:Windows' and copy the GroupPolicy, GroupPolicyUsers folder and the gpedit.msc file into the System32 folder.
NOTE 2: If you are getting 'MMC could not create the snap-in' error which happens if you have more than one word in your Windows username, then follow these steps to fix the issue:
Gpedit Windows 8
- Run the installer, install gpedit.msc but don't click 'Finish' button that appears at the last. Keep the installation window open
- Go to C:WindowsTempgpedit folder
- Here, if your Windows is 32-bit then you'll see x86.bat file here and if it's 64-bit, x64.bat file will be available here. Right-click on the file and open it in notepad.
- You'll see a total of 6 lines containing %username%.To fix the error, all you need to do is replace every instance of %username% with '%username%' in the file. So, for example:
- Once done, save this file, double-click and run (Run as Administrator).
Run Gpedit Msc
That's it. You're all set to run gpedit.msc in your Windows. If you are facing any issue in implementing this hack to get gpedit.msc back in your Windows edition, mention it through the comments section below.
