GPEDIT.MSC is not accessible with admin privileges

gpedit.msc is not accessible even with administrator account.

  1. Open “Run” & enter %systemroot%\system32\GroupPolicy\User
  2. Delete registry.pol (if it exists).
  3. Go to %systemroot%\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine and delete registry.pol (if it exists).
  4. Reboot your system.
  5. Log in using your administrator account & create a new administrator account.
  6. Reboot the computer & login as under new administrator account.
  7. Open “Run” & enter gpedit.msc
  8. Go to “Local Computer Policy” → “User Configuration” → “Administrative Templates” → “system” → “Run only specified Windows applications” (as shown below) & disable it.
Local Group Policy Editor screenshot
  1. Run gpupdate /force and login with your old administrator account.

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