Security News > 2022 > September > Microsoft shares workarounds for Windows Group Policy issues
Microsoft has acknowledged a known issue where copying files/shortcuts using Group Policy Preferences on Windows client devices might not work as expected after installing recent Windows cumulative updates released during this month's Patch Tuesday.
On affected systems, files or shortcuts will not copy to the target drives or end up as zero-byte files when using Group Policy file operations.
"File copies using Group Policy Preferences might fail or might create empty shortcuts or files using 0 bytes," Microsoft explained.
Microsoft acknowledged the issue following a stream of Windows admin reports across multiple social networks and on Microsoft's online community regarding issues with Group Policy settings after deploying September 2022 Patch Tuesday updates.
Multiple admins have also reported that un-checking the "Run in user security context" option on the affected GPOs will help address the file copying and shortcut creation problems.
Within the affected Group Policy, change "Action" from "Replace" to "Update."
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