hoe to fix The processing of Group Policy failed.

Question

i keep getting this errors on my Client windows 10 VM and my secondary domain controller when trying to update GPO using GPUPDATE /FORCE command but my main domain controller doesn't experience this error how can i fix it

I tested if all VMs communicated to each and they do communicate

The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \XXXXXXXXXXXX.local\SysVol\XXXXXXXXXX.local\Policies{60D1FC76-76BD-417B-A91B-4BC1A037A8CD}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following: a) Name Resolution/Network Connectivity to the current domain controller. b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller has not replicated to the current domain controller). c) The Distributed File System (DFS) client has been disabled.

Answer 1

Hi @Nayee, Kishen,

It seems that the file below is missing on one of your domain controller where your VM is connected:

\XXXXXXXXXXXX.local\SysVol\XXXXXXXXXX.local\Policies{60D1FC76-76BD-417B-A91B-4BC1A037A8CD}\gpt.ini

Check if there is this file exists and if there is any issue on DFS replication between domain controllers.

If this file is missing on some DC ,you can copy it manually or relaunch the DFS replication mechanism by following this link :
How to force authoritative and non-authoritative synchronization for DFSR-replicated sysvol replication

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Answer 2

This error might just be caused by the "Version" line missing inside the gpt.ini file (compare with other GPOs). This can be solved by making any edit in the impacted GPO (and applying it) and if necessary undoing the edit. You will see that the modify timestamp of the gpt.ini file reflects the time of the edits and it should now contain a "Version" line.