Public/Repair-ALHGroupPolicyStatus.ps1
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.VERSION 1.1.0 .GUID 15a0a82d-6d90-4f28-b2ff-32fe59cee3b5 .AUTHOR Dieter Koch .COMPANYNAME .COPYRIGHT (c) 2021-2023 Dieter Koch .TAGS .LICENSEURI https://github.com/admins-little-helper/ALH/blob/main/LICENSE .PROJECTURI https://github.com/admins-little-helper/ALH .ICONURI .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES 1.0.0 Initial release 1.1.0 Code cleaned up #> <# .DESCRIPTION Contains a function to repair corrupt group policy local store #> function Repair-ALHGroupPolicyStatus { <# .SYNOPSIS Function to repair corrupt group policy local store. .DESCRIPTION Function to repair corrupt group policy local store. .PARAMETER MachinePolicy Repair computer group policy. .PARAMETER ReportOnly Only report problems. If ommitted and problems are found, the script attemtps to repair it. .PARAMETER ComputerName Allows to specify remote computer name. By default it will run against the local computer. .PARAMETER Credential Specify credentials with necessary permissions to query the system event log on the given computer. .EXAMPLE Repair-ALHGroupPolicyStatus Run check for machine group policy and repair if issues are detected. .EXAMPLE Repair-ALHGroupPolicyStatus -Computer -ReportOnly -Verbose Run check for group policy and report only if issues are detected. .INPUTS Nothing .OUTPUTS Nothing .NOTES Author: Dieter Koch Email: diko@admins-little-helper.de .LINK https://github.com/admins-little-helper/ALH/blob/main/Help/Repair-ALHGroupPolicyStatus.txt #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [switch] $ReportOnly, [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $ComputerName = "$env:COMPUTERNAME", [ValidateNotNull()] [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential] [System.Management.Automation.Credential()] $Credential = [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]::Empty ) $GroupPolicyStatus = Test-ALHGroupPolicyStatus -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Credential -ReturnDetails if ($GroupPolicyStatus -ne $false) { if ($ReportOnly.IsPresent) { Write-Verbose -Message "Group Policy status test indicates problem." } else { $RegistryPolFile = ($GroupPolicyStatus | Select-Object -Last 1 -Property FilePath).FilePath Write-Verbose -Message "Group Policy status test indicates problem. Trying to repair it." Write-Verbose -Message "Trying to remove file $RegistryPolFile on computer $ComputerName" Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Credential -ScriptBlock { Remove-Item -Path $using:RegistryPolFile -Force Write-Verbose -Message "Running gpupdate /force..." Start-Process -FilePath "$($using:env:SystemRoot)\system32\gpupdate.exe" -ArgumentList "/force" -WindowStyle Hidden } } } else { Write-Verbose -Message "Group Policy status test indicates no problem." } Write-Verbose -Message "Done" } #region EndOfScript <# ################################################################################ ################################################################################ # # ______ _ __ _____ _ _ # | ____| | | / _| / ____| (_) | | # | |__ _ __ __| | ___ | |_ | (___ ___ _ __ _ _ __ | |_ # | __| | '_ \ / _` | / _ \| _| \___ \ / __| '__| | '_ \| __| # | |____| | | | (_| | | (_) | | ____) | (__| | | | |_) | |_ # |______|_| |_|\__,_| \___/|_| |_____/ \___|_| |_| .__/ \__| # | | # |_| ################################################################################ ################################################################################ # created with help of http://patorjk.com/software/taag/ #> #endregion |