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Monday, September 14, 2015 7:05 PM

Invoke-GPUpdate was available and working until a recent update. I am not sure which update caused this cmdlet to disappear, but I am no longer able to run "Invoke-GPUpdate -Computer $compnamehere" from Windows Server 2012 R2 on Windows 10 machines. I also do not see Invoke-GPUpdate as an available command in Powershell for Windows 10 machines.

Has this been deprecated? Is this a bug? Should I search for a work-around to force group policy updates on our office machines? It isn't terribly important, but certainly convenient if a problem arises and I can force the update to all machines at once.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015 5:45 AM âś…Answered

Hi BankaiShadow,

Thanks for your feedback.

I tested at my side and it is true that the command is not working on Windows 10 machines.

See similar threads:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/97484522-3e0e-4d20-9d57-efdbfab71bb2/windows-10-clients-invokegpupdate-the-system-cannot-find-the-file-specified?forum=win10itprogeneral

To force group policy update, please consider run the command below:

Gpupdate /force

Reference:

Force a Remote Group Policy Refresh (GPUpdate)

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134201.aspx

I will forward this information, if any feedback, I will post back.

Thank you for your sharing and understanding.

Regards

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Friday, March 24, 2017 1:30 PM | 1 vote

Invoke-GPUpdate seems to be primarly intended for remoting and not for replacing the gpupdpate.exe command.

Thus it is not present on every workstation or server, but basically on domain controllers (if you installed management tools).

However the cmdlet is a part of the GroupPolicy module, which can be found in RSAT.

PS C:\temp> Get-Command -Name Invoke-GPUpdate

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
                                                        
Cmdlet          Invoke-GPUpdate                                    1.0.0.0    GroupPolicy

PS C:\temp>

Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:08 AM

Invoke-GPUpdate seems to be primarly intended for remoting and not for replacing the gpupdpate.exe command.

Thus it is not present on every workstation or server, but basically on domain controllers (if you installed management tools).

However the cmdlet is a part of the GroupPolicy module, which can be found in RSAT.

PS C:\temp> Get-Command -Name Invoke-GPUpdate

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
                                                        
Cmdlet          Invoke-GPUpdate                                    1.0.0.0    GroupPolicy

PS C:\temp>

That was it - I had to install RSAT tools! Thanks!