Would you like to learn how to configure a group policy to create a directory? In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a folder using a GPO.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
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Tutorial GPO – Create a folder
On the domain controller, open the group policy management tool.
Create a new group policy.
Enter a name for the new group policy.
In our example, the new GPO was named: MY-GPO.
On the Group Policy Management screen, expand the folder named Group Policy Objects.
Right-click your new Group Policy Object and select the Edit option.
On the group policy editor screen, expand the Computer configuration folder and locate the following item.
Create a new folder.
On the General tab, perform the following configuration.
• Action – Update.
• Path – Enter the path to the folder.
• Attributes – Select the attributes to the new folder.
Click on the OK button.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.
Tutorial – Applying the GPO to create a folder
On the Group policy management screen, you need to right-click the Organizational Unit desired and select the option to link an existent GPO.
In our example, we are going to link the group policy named MY-GPO to the root of the domain.
After applying the GPO you need to wait for 10 or 20 minutes.
During this time the GPO will be replicated to other domain controllers.
On a remote computer, verify if the new folder was created.
In our example, we created a local folder on all domain computers using a GPO.
Optionally – Configure the folder permissions
On the group policy editor screen, expand the Computer configuration folder and locate the following item.
On the File system folder, add a new file.
Select the desired file or folder.
Configure the desired file permissions.
Select the file permission inheritance configuration.
In our example, we gave full control over the folder named TEST to the user named GOKU.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
