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I'm trying to edit an AD group policy that maps network drives. The policy works fine, I can view the settings under the Settings tab and see the existing drive mappings, the structure in Sysvol is intact, but when I go to edit it in GPME the entire Users > Preferences section does not have any sections and settings underneath it -- it just says "There are no items to show in this view." I also noticed the Computer Config Preferences section has the same problem.

I checked other GPOs and they have the same problem -- User Config > Preferences folder is there but nothing is underneath it. Missing Preferences settings

I tried re-registering all the following components and that did not fix the problem.

  • Administrative Templates and Scripts: gptext.dll
  • Folder Redirection: fde.dll
  • Internet Explorer Maintenance: ieaksie.dll
  • IP Security: ipsecsnp.dll
  • Public Key and Software Restriction: certmgr.dll
  • Remote Installation Services: rigpsnap.dll
  • Security: wsecedit.dll
  • Software Installation: appmgr.dll

I created a new GPO, same issue. Nothing under Preferences. I've asked four of my colleagues and they have no idea either. I don't know where to go from here.

Dave B
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I was able to resolve this on my own by removing Group Policy Management from the list of installed Server Features, rebooting the server and reinstalling the GPM feature.

Dave B
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  • This did not work for me. My server is Windows Server 2012 R2. Even adding the GPM feature to a brand new Windows Server 2012 R2 machine did not show the necessary item. See screenshot: https://content.screencast.com/users/rpresser/folders/Jing/media/d57c5100-984c-4756-a1fb-58f5d0172b67/2017-12-21_1242.png – Ross Presser Dec 21 '17 at 17:46