Enable or Install Group Policy Editor on Windows 10/11 Home

Normally you can’t run the Group Policy Editor on Windows Home editions. But there is a way to enable it.

First, open up a Command Prompt (Not Terminal) as Administrator

Open Command Prompt as Administrator

Now copy and paste each of the commands.

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO (DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F")
FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO (DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F")

Now we can launch Group Policy Editor by typing in the following

gpedit.msc
Group Policy Editor on Windows Home

More details can be found at the following sites

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1482968-windows-doesn%E2%80%99t-suck-microsoft-just-wants-you-to-think-so%E2%80%A6/#comment-15762053

https://www.itechtics.com/enable-gpedit-msc-windows-11/

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