Windows 10 “Some settings are managed by your organization” (gpedit.msc does not work)

Question

I am using Windows 10 Pro. Suddenly I see a strange warning "Some Settings Are Managed By Your Organization."

I Googled it and found a solution something like this :

In the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), go to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Data Collection and Preview Builds.

Find the Allow Telemetry item and double-click it to edit the policies.

Change the setting to Enabled. Change the drop-down menu entry to 3-Full and click Apply.

Now open the item again and change its Setting to Not configured and hit the Save button.

Somehow this is not working in my case, I want to change my start menu but Windows won't allow me being an Admin to the PC.

Answer 1

The message you see within your settings that says Some settings are managed by your organization is true, but your Google search led you to the wrong Group Policy. You want to scrutinize these:

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar

Within each of those, ensure that the Start Layout policy is set to Not Configured. After you modify those Group Policies, you should be able to change your start menu.

You can potentially make the same changes within the Registry Editor by doing the following:

1. Press + S
2. Type regedit and press Enter (and acknowledge the UAC prompt, if necessary)
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
4. Right-click the the DWORD titled LockedStartLayout and select Delete
5. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
6. Right-click the the DWORD titled LockedStartLayout and select Delete
7. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
8. Right-click the the DWORD titled NoChangeStartMenu and select Delete
9. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
10. Right-click the the DWORD titled NoChangeStartMenu and select Delete
11. Close the Registry Editor
12. Reboot the computer

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