Windows 10: Grouppolicy

Hello, i cant run my gpedit.msc and i followed instructions in a thread about this and it seems to be my group policy folder on my system32 is empty. What shoulld i do?

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I can't open powershell on windows 10 x64 because there is DisallowRun registry block powershell

Step 1: Run cmd with administrator priwilages

Step 2: run command: RD /S /Q "X:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy"

X- windows disk letter.

RD /S /Q "C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy"

Step 3: Restart PC.

 

GroupPolicy folder missing from \System32 - Possible Malware Issue?

Thanks Greg for the quick reply! However before I do a complete clean install I was wondering if there's a way to find the registry.pol file and/or the grouppolicy folder that have gone missing. Is this normal? would malware remove or rename these folders
and files? Also this is not an enterprise version of windows. Merely the webroot filter extension in Google Chrome was installed by enterprise policy, I think meaning that the webroot software I used installed the extension on to Google Chrome, rather than
me installing it directly. I'm running Windows 10 that as upgraded on my system from the original Windows 8.

 

Windows will auto connect to WiFi after a 1 minute delay from sys boot


I've been troubleshooting for days but I didn't come across the solution you suggested. Unfortunately it didn't work. At the moment I found a workaround but it is still a workaround and not a solution to the problem. And it most certainly cannot be used by other people with the same issue. I still consider it a bug that needs to be checked and fixed by Microsoft.

In case other people come across this thread I'll write a few more things I tried but didn't work (since I cannot edit my initial post).
I made sure that Hibernation and thus Fast Startup is indeed disabled.
I tried the commands that are used to repair system files, like DISM and sfc /scannow.
I tried both enabling and disabling the option “Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power”.
I tried the suggested solution below:

I created a registry entry with name fMinimizeConnections under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WcmSvc\GroupPolicy since there was not one there.

Other things that I forgot to mention is that my wifi adapter is using the Atheros AR5005G, the default Windows drivers are used (not drivers from manufacturer's site or other sources) and I have not installed any app that manages wireless networks like the apps that come bundled with the drivers in a cd.