How to Export/Import Local Group Policy

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How to Export/Import Local Group Policy

Let’s say you have a workgroup machine that has configured some local GPO settings. You want to re-install the OS or copy the same policies to another workgroup machine. So you need to export or save these policies so that they can be re-used.

Make sure you have unchecked the “Show hidden files and folders“

Open %systemroot%\system32\grouppolicy\
Within this folder, there are two folders – “machine” and “user”. Copy these to folders to the “%systemroot%\system32\grouppolicy” folder on the target machine. All it needs now is a reboot or a “gpupdate /force”.

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