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"Unhandled Exception" error when you open a GPO in Group Policy Management Editor

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • A Group Policy Object (GPO) is created on Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2.
  • The GPO contains a Group Policy preference item (such as a Registry preference item), and a preference item-level targeting based on "Operating System" is defined.
  • The specified item-level targeting scope is "Windows 8" or "Windows 8.1."
  • You open the GPO by using Group Policy Management Editor on a computer that is running an earlier version of Windows Server.

In this scenario, an "Unhandled Exception" error occurs when Group Policy Management Editor tries to open the item-level targeting definition.

A screen shot of the error message that is displayed.

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Cause

This behavior is a known problem in the Windows Server operating systems (or Remote Server Administration Tools) that are described in this article.

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Resolution

To work around this issue, always edit the GPOs by using the most recent version of Group Policy Management Editor. This is a recommended practice.

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More Information

This error can occur if you edit an item-level targeting defintion for "Operating System" by using an earlier version of Group Policy Management Editor. The error message is as follows:
Title: Targeting Editor

Unhandled exception has occured in a component in your
application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error
and attempt to continue.

Index was outside the bounds of the Array.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2965644
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 7/4/2014
Exists online : False
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