In Local Group Policy Editor (GUI) there is a setting called Do not allow window animations located in Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Desktop Window Manager that I would like to set as Enabled using the powershell, Since my windows version is professional I can added the RSAT GroupPolicy capability to my machine which I did and now I can use the Group Policy Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell

but I am clue less on how to Enable that feature using the commands

I tired to use

Get-GPO -Name "Do not allow window animations"

but this returns

Get-GPO : Current security context is not associated with an Active Directory domain or forest.

the grouppolicy module is wokring fine but I can't figure out how to query or change the value of any settings in the GPO

CodePudding user response：

If you want cmdlets in order to change values you can use the PolicyFileEditor module from the gallery https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PolicyFileEditor/3.0.1

CodePudding user response：

The Get-GPO function is meant exclusively for Domain Group Policies, and not Local Policies, which it seems you are referencing. The description for the module also mentions this:

Gets one GPO or all the GPOs in a domain.

In order to modify local policies, you need to make a change to the respective setting in the registry

For example to disable the Shutdown button, you would need to modify:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Start\HideShutDown
Value = 1