To restore a deleted or previous version of an existing Group Policy object |
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In the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) console tree, in the forest and domain containing the Group Policy object (GPO) that you want to restore, locate Group Policy Objects.
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Right-click Group Policy Objects and then click Manage Backups.
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In the Manage Backups dialog box, in the Backup location box, type the path for the backup folder. You can also use Browse to locate the backup folder.
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In the Backed up GPOs box, select the GPO that you want to restore from the list of GPO backups shown, and then click Restore.
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When prompted to confirm the restore operation, click OK.
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After the operation completes, click OK and then click Close.
Additional considerations
- You must have privileges to create GPOs in
the domain and Read permissions on the file system location of the
backed-up GPO to restore a GPO that has been deleted.
- You can also restore an existing or deleted
GPO using the Manage Backups function by right-clicking
Domains.