Backup and Restore Local Group Policy Settings in Windows 10  

Odd. When you run the .vbs file from Option 1, were you prompted by UAC to click on Yes?

This is the script below in the .vbs file.

It basically is suppose to copythe 3 folders at the top of the tutorial into a "Local-Group-Policy-Backup" folder on your desktop.

Code:

If WScript.Arguments.length =0 Then
  		
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objShell.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " Run", , "runas", 1 

Else 
Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")

oShell.run ("cmd.exe /c xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine %userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\Machine"),0

oShell.run ("cmd.exe /c xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy\User %userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\User"),0

oShell.run ("cmd.exe /c xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers %userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\GroupPolicyUsers"),0

End If

Terra99 said:

very bizarre, as to why it won't run properly, i'll play around some more

thx!

What happens when you manually run the commands from the script below in an elevated command prompt?

Code:

xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine %userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\Machine

xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy\User %userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\User

xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers %userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\GroupPolicyUsers

As a test, try these with the desktop path wrapped in quotes now.

Code:

xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine "%userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\Machine"

xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy\User "%userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\User"

xcopy /c /e /h /i /q /y %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers "%userprofile%\Desktop\Local-Group-Policy-Backup\GroupPolicyUsers"

rl24712 said:

I've reviewed this thread and a few others that are applicable and am finding the non-admin policy isn't applying when a non-user logs in. I've installed the non-admin local policy editor, made my changes and saved the console. I run the backup and it creates the folder just fine and I move the folder and the backup & restore scripts to the network. I log in as a non-admin user, copy the restore script and folder back to the desktop and run the restore. It says it's successful, and I reboot. When logging back in as the non-admin user, I still can't modify the items I've set in the policy.

Any suggestions? O/S is Win10 Pro.

Hello rl24712,

I'm afraid you would have to be signed in as an administrator to back up and restore the group policies.