{"id":18968,"date":"2022-09-13T01:22:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T01:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=18968"},"modified":"2022-09-13T01:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T01:22:16","slug":"open-local-security-policy-editor-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-local-security-policy-editor-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Methods to Open Local Security Policy Editor in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local Security Policy Editor can help you manage accounts policy, local policy, user rights assignment, and more. In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 fastest methods to open Local Security Policy Editor in Windows 11. Note that Local Security Policy Editor is not available in the Home edition of Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Open Local Security Policy Editor via Run<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press the Windows<\/strong> key + R<\/strong> together to open the Run dialog, then enter secpol.msc<\/code> and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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This should be the most common way to launch the Local Security Policy Editor.<\/p>\n

Method 2: Open Local Security Policy Editor via Windows Terminal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right-click the Start<\/strong> button on the taskbar and choose either “Windows Terminal<\/strong>” or “Windows Terminal (Admin)<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

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When it opens the Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt tab, you can run the secpol.msc<\/code> command to open the Local Security Policy Editor.<\/p>\n

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Method 3: Open Local Security Policy Editor via Search<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click the Search<\/strong> button on the taskbar, then type “Local Security Policy<\/code>” in the text box at the top of the pop-up window.<\/p>\n

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The Local Security Policy Editor app will appear under the “Best match” section. You can open it with \/ without admin rights.<\/p>\n

Method 4: Create a Desktop Shortcut to Open Local Security Policy Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open File Explorer<\/a> and browse to the directory: C:\\Windows\\System32<\/code>. Click the Search<\/strong> box in the upper right-hand corner, type secpol.msc<\/code> and press Enter.<\/p>\n

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Right-click the secpol.msc<\/strong> program which appears in the search result, and choose “Show more options<\/strong>” from the pop-up menu.<\/p>\n

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Select “Send to<\/strong>“, and then “Desktop (create shortcut)<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

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You can then double-click the secpol.msc shortcut on your desktop to open Local Security Policy Editor.<\/p>\n

Method 5: Using Local Group Policy Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local security policy is a subsection of group policy. After opening Local Group Policy Editor<\/a>, go to Computer Configuration<\/strong> -> Windows Settings<\/strong> -> Security Settings<\/strong>, and you can view and edit local security policy over there.<\/p>\n

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That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local Security Policy Editor can help you manage accounts policy, local policy, user rights assignment, and more. In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 fastest methods to open Local Security Policy Editor in Windows 11. Note that Local Security Policy Editor is not available in the Home edition of Windows 11. Method 1: Open Local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[5018,5017],"class_list":["post-18968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-local-security-policy-windows-11","tag-open-local-security-policy-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18968"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18987,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968\/revisions\/18987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}