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If the selected setting applies to both users and computers,\nyou can switch sections with the \"Editing for\" drop-down. Click OK to keep the changes to the setting.\n**Notice:** If a policy source is backed by a POL file (like Local GPO),\nchanges to it will not be committed to disk until you use *File | Save Policies* (Ctrl+S).\n\n## System requirements\nPolicy Plus requires .NET Framework 4.5 or newer. That can be installed on Windows Vista or newer,\nand comes preinstalled on Windows 8 or newer.\nPolicy Plus should also work on the corresponding server OSes: Windows Server 2008 or newer.\nThe standard [.NET Framework hardware requirements](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/get-started/system-requirements)\nare sufficient for Policy Plus.\n\n## Special considerations for use on Home editions\nSome administrative templates are present by default on these editions, but many are missing. \nThe newest full package can be downloaded from Microsoft and installed with *Help | Acquire ADMX Files*.\n\nThe `RefreshPolicyEx` native function has reduced functionality on editions without full Group Policy infrastructure,\nso while Policy Plus can edit the local GPO and apply the changes to the Registry, \na reboot or logon/logoff cycle is required for some policy changes to take effect.\n\nWhile the UI allows the creation and editing of per-user GPOs, their settings cannot be applied on these limited editions of Windows.\nIf you need to change a policy setting for only one user, open the \"user hive\" source instead.\nPer-user local GPOs, a fairly arcane Windows feature, are not to be confused with policies that apply to the User section.\nPolicy Plus supports user policies on Home editions just as well as computer policies.\n\n## Status\nPolicy Plus is usable on all editions. It can load and save all policy sources successfully. More features may be still to come, though.\n\n## Download\n[Download a release build from the Releases page.](https://github.com/Fleex255/PolicyPlus/releases)\nUpdates are published as GitHub releases after it is verified that they are fit for public use.\nNote that Policy Plus is still pre-release software, so there may be bugs; please submit any problems to the issue tracker.\n\n[Download the latest build.](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/policy-plus/PolicyPlusLatest.exe)\nThis link is updated automatically by GitHub Actions after *every commit*.\nIt may include more features, but those features will be less tested and could have unintended effects.\nPlease be careful.\n\n**N.B.** A few antivirus programs incorrectly flag Policy Plus as malware. \nPolicy Plus is a powerful tool and so may cause problems if used recklessly, but it is not malicious.\nIf you would prefer to not trust binaries, feel free to read the code and [compile Policy Plus from source](https://github.com/Fleex255/PolicyPlus/blob/master/COMPILE.md).\nYou can also verify that a build was created from the published code by examining the output of a GitHub Actions run:\nthe input commit hash can be found under \"checkout master\" and the output executable hash can be found under \"compute hash.\"\n","funding_links":[],"categories":["Visual Basic","Visual Basic .NET"],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FFleex255%2FPolicyPlus","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2FFleex255%2FPolicyPlus","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FFleex255%2FPolicyPlus/lists"}