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If that didn't work and you aren't opposed to third-party software, Policy Plus is free, portable, open source, can be installed on any edition of Windows and provides an interface for making Group Policy changes that is similar to Microsoft's Group Policy Editor, although the Policy Plus developer notes that applying certain tweaks will require you to use File > Save. Policy Plus: An alternative to the Group Policy Editor

In each case, a reboot was needed for gpedit.msc to be listed via Start. Using those commands installed the Group Policy Editor within a few minutes on our virtual machines running Home editions of Windows 7, 8 and 10. We'll use Windows DISM commands to install the Group Policy Editor (credit to Solomon at SQL Quantum Leap for this).Ĭopy the entire body of text and paste/enter it into an admin-level Command Prompt.įOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\ Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO (ĭISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F"įOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\ Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO ( While Windows Home doesn't have gpedit.msc installed, all of the data necessary for the utility are stored in the system files. Instead, files that already exist within your operating system are used to install Group Policy Editor. Install the Group Policy Editor on Windows Home EditionĪside from working with many generations of Windows, the highlight of this first method is that no downloads are required. You can also check if the Group Policy Editor is installed by trying to launch the utility with gpedit.msc.Īfter testing various suggestions from around the web, we found one that works for adding the Group Policy Editor to Windows 7, 8 and 10. You can check what version of Windows you are on with the tool that opens by entering msinfo32.exe into Start or Run.

We regularly reference Group Policy settings throughout our tips, such as this guide to disabling Windows ads and more on Windows 10, and we thought those of you on Home would probably appreciate being able to use Gpedit like everyone else. Group Policy features were introduced in Windows 2000 and are still bundled with the operating system today as long as you aren't on a Home or Starter build, which have less features than Pro or Enterprise. The registry is a database with settings stored for the system, drivers, services, user interface and so on, while the Group Policy Editor provides more of a GUI for understanding and adjusting some of the settings in the registry (Group Policy changes are also kept in the registry). Tweaking Windows settings that are not readily available in standard menus will commonly require modifications to be made from the OS' Registry Editor or Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).