How to enable Local Group Policy Editor in Windows Home

Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) is often reported as not being found on Windows Home versions, however there are many system settings that users can perform on this tool, typically turning off Windows 10 updates .

If your computer is installed with genuine Windows 10 Home Single Language from OEM, then there is a high chance that gpedit.msc will not be found when entering this phrase in Run. Actually, Windows 10 Home Edition has Group Policy feature on default installation but this feature is disabled. You just need to enable the feature to use gpedit.msc.

Whether on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 Home, you can enable Group Policy Editor using either of the two solutions below.

Solution 1: Use the Add GPEDIT.msc installer

Proper installation with this tool requires some tweaks and .NET Framework version 3.5 or later.

First, go to C:\Windows\SysWOW64 and copy these items:

• GroupPolicy folder
• GroupPolicyUsers folder
• File gpedit.msc

Then open C:\Windows\System32 and paste the items you just copied.

Now, download the Add GPEDIT.msc ZIP file from DeviantArt user Drudger and install it on your computer. You will need a DeviantArt account.

Once installed, you will find the tool in C:\Windows\Temp\gpedit. You may have to navigate to that folder manually.

Also, if your Windows username contains more than one word, you may need to adjust your settings. Right-click x64.bat or x86.bat , depending on whether your system is 64-bit or 32-bit, and select Open with... > Notepad or Edit (Windows 10). Add quotation marks to the 6 instances of %username% , i.e. change %username% to "%username%" , save your changes, then right-click the BAT file again and select Run as administrator .

If you continue to get the "MMC could not create snap-in" error, try replacing "%username%" with "%userdomain%\%username%" .

Solution 2: Use GPEDIT Enabler BAT

If you can't find the gpedit.msc file on your system or if the previous method didn't work, try this one.

Open Notepad, enter the code below and save the file as Enabler.bat .

@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

Then right-click on the newly created BAT file and select Run as Administrator . A command window will open and the BAT file will run through some settings. Wait until you see Press any key to continue at the bottom; doing so will close the command window.

Now, try opening gpedit.msc. If you can't find gpedit.msc using search, try opening it using the Run window.

Good luck!

See also:

• 8 Windows Group Policy "tweaks" that any Admin should know