9.4. Deleting a GPO
Problem
You want to delete a GPO.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Open the GPMC snap-in.
In the left pane, expand the Forest container, expand the Domains container, browse to the domain of the target GPO, and expand the Group Policy Objects container.
Right-click on the target GPO and select Delete.
Click OK to confirm.
Using a command-line interface
> deletegpo.wsf <GPOName
> [/domain:<DomainDNSName
>]
Using VBScript
' This code deletes the specified GPO. ' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------ strGPO = "<GPOName
>" ' e.g. My New GPO strDomain = "<DomainDNSName
>" ' e.g. rallencorp.com ' ------ END CONFIGURATION --------- set objGPM = CreateObject("GPMgmt.GPM") set objGPMConstants = objGPM.GetConstants( ) ' Initialize the Domain object set objGPMDomain = objGPM.GetDomain(strDomain, "", objGPMConstants.UseAnyDC) ' Find the GPO set objGPMSearchCriteria = objGPM.CreateSearchCriteria objGPMSearchCriteria.Add objGPMConstants.SearchPropertyGPODisplayName, _ objGPMConstants.SearchOpEquals, cstr(strGPO) set objGPOList = objGPMDomain.SearchGPOs(objGPMSearchCriteria) if objGPOList.Count = 0 then WScript.Echo "Did not find GPO: " & strGPO WScript.Echo "Exiting." WScript.Quit elseif objGPOList.Count > 1 then WScript.Echo "Found more than one matching GPO. Count: " & _ objGPOList.Count WScript.Echo "Exiting." WScript.Quit else WScript.Echo "Found GPO: " & objGPOList.Item(1).DisplayName end if ' Delete the GPO objGPOList.Item(1).Delete WScript.Echo "Successfully deleted GPO: ...
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