Cause: The Group Policy Editor is disabled on Home editions and only available for Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.
Solution: Enable gpedit.msc using a batch file method.
Create a batch file with provided code.
- Batch file code is:
@echo off
pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~*.mum >gp.txt
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~*.mum >>gp.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . .\gp.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"
pause
- Save it with a .bat extension.
- Run the batch file as an administrator.
- Verify by running gpedit.msc from the Run dialog.