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Group Policy Management Console crashes in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

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Symptoms

The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) crashes because of an access violation that occurs when a new Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filter is created with WQL queries that contain the "%s" wildcard characters. 

Note This issue occurs only when a new WMI filter is created with the wildcard characters in the WQL query. Editing existing filters doesn't trigger a crash. 

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Workaround

To work around this issue, create and save the WMI filter without specifying the "%s" wildcard characters first. Then, reopen and edit the WQL query as desired.  

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Status

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.

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Article Info
Article ID : 3202452
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 11/21/2016
Exists online : False
Views : 281