INFORMATICS

Clear the group policy cache on a machine

way one

1. Open My Computer/Computer
2. In the URL or address bar paste: %windir%\system32\GroupPolicy
3. Right click and delete the: Machine and User folders to clear local group policy cache
4. Restart the computer to reapply the group policies

You can also run the little PowerShell oneliner as Administrator to remove the Group Policy folder and all files below:

Remove-Item "$env:windir\system32\GroupPolicy" -Force -Recurse

way two

1. Delete the “HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft” Key (looks like a folder).
2. Delete the “HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft” Key
3. Delete the “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects” Key.
4. Delete the “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies” Key.

third way

1. Remove the computer from the domain – (change to a Workgroup)
2. Restart computer
3. Run gpupdate /force
4. Rejoin the domain