Windows 10: Restricting apps through Group Policy

Hi, it appears that I have essentially brickedmy PC.I was trying to restrict one local user'sapplication privileges to only run a few specific applications. was running through this guide.https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8739/restrict-users-to-run-only-specified-programs-in-windows-7/Unfortunately I missed the part where the guidesaid..."You’ll need to do a little extra setup byfirst creating a policy object for those users"and so, instead of applying the applicationrestriction policy to only the user in question I applied it to all users of thatPC.It now appears that I have r

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Unlocking Restricted Access Due To Group Policy Setting

Thanks again for the reply.

I followed your suggested steps, but even though the user shows as being added and active it does not appear on the sign in page as an alternative account.

Maybe I am giving the command in the wrong directory. When I boot into the recovery environment the directory in command prompt is: x:\windows\system32

I ran the command from here. But the new added user did not appear on the sign in page.

I also used the diskpart and list volume command to check on which partition windows is installed. I changed directory to c:\> and again followed your steps. But again the new added user did not appear on the sign in page.

Can you please give me more instructions on how to remedy my foolish Group Policy restriction?

 

Group Policy and the Apps List

I am working on a Windows 2012 R2 server that is the DC for my network. The employees all use Windows 10 machines governed by Group Policy. We restrict what they see in their Start Menu as well as what is in their apps list. We updated a few computers
to see how they would be affected, and while the Start Menu portion is showing the correct programs, the apps list next to that is now showing quite a few things that we don't want them to see. We have an .xml file on the server that determines what the start
menu looks like, but that .xml file doesn't affect the apps list.

My question is this: How do I hide these new apps that are now in their apps list? I have scoured the internet for this answer and can find nothing. The only thing I can find is how to hide the apps list completely which I do not want to do.

Any suggestions?

 

Unlocking Restricted Access Due To Group Policy Setting

Update:

In the recovery environment I tried to reset my PC to a system recovery point that was automatically created on 27/04/2018. But I received an error that the recovery was unsuccessful and could not completed.

Do you or anyone else have any further steps I can try to remove the Group Policy restrictions?