Hotfix package name: GPMx220WX64001.zip
For: Computers running the 64-bit version of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, or Server 2012 R2, with the Group Policy Management Console installed
Replaces: None
Date: July, 2014
Languages supported: English (US), German (DE), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Simplified Chinese (SC)
Readme version: 1.00

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Important Notes about This Release

• Caution! All instances of the Group Policy Management Console must be at the same hotfix level; mixed hotfix levels are not supported. – If you choose to upgrade to the console to this hotfix, you must update all Group Policy Management Consoles in your deployment. As a cautionary measure, Citrix recommends that you back up all policies before installing this hotfix.

• Caution! Downgrading from this hotfix is not supported: If you configure new policies or update existing policies after installing this hotfix, then uninstall this hotfix and install an earlier hotfix, the policies configured or updated while this hotfix was in place are not visible in earlier versions of the console.

• Caution! This release may require you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Important Disclaimer - Limited Release Hotfix

If the Download link is not available on this page and you wish to obtain this limited distribution release, visit our support site at http://www.citrix.com/support and open a support case using your Citrix account credentials, or contact your reseller at http://www.citrix.com/partners/locator.

Testing of this release was targeted only at the affected functionality, and regression and stress testing were minimal. Introduce this release to a test environment for evaluation before deploying it to a production environment.

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Where to Find Documentation

This document describes the issue(s) resolved by this release and includes installation instructions. For additional product information, see Citrix eDocs, the Citrix Product Documentation Library.

New Fixes in This Release

1. The priority order of GPOs is reversed in the following scenarios:

   • After upgrading from Version 1.7 to Version 2.1 of the Citrix Group Policy Management Console.
   • After exporting GPOs from Version 1.7 or earlier of the Citrix Group Policy Management Console and importing them into Version 2.1 or later of the Citrix Group Policy Management Console.
     Note: This fix does not address the issue for GPOs that were modified using Version 2.1 of the Citrix Group Policy Management Console; it will prevent the issue only with GPOs you modify going forward. To fix the reversed priority order of existing GPOs you modified in Version 2.1 of the Citrix Group Policy Management Console, you must manually adjust the priority order of the affected GPOs once you install this fix.

   [From GPMx220WX64001][#LA5362]

2. When making changes to Citrix policies in Citrix Studio the following error message appears:

   "Changes made to policies outside of this console, such as in PowerShell or management tools from previous versions, resulted in a discrepancy between policies.

   The priorities for policy [PolicyA's name] and policy [PolicyB's name] interfere with each other in the "user" and "computer" components. The priorities must be assigned in the same order for both policies."

   Note:

   • This fix prevents any issues occurring with merged policies. If the error message appears before applying the fix, then you must manually adjust the priority order after installing this fix.

     For example, if two merged policies, PolicyA and PolicyB, are swapped and a user setting is added to PolicyB, the issue occurs. To prevent the issue from occurring, run the following commands on Citrix Delivery Controller:

     PS>Add-PSSnapin Citrix.Common.GroupPolicy
     PS>New-PSDrive Site –PSProvider CitrixGroupPolicy –Root \ -Controller localhost
     PS>cd Site:\Computer
     [Note the PolicyA's computer setting priority]
     PS> cd ..
     PS>cd Site: \User
     PS>Set-ItemProperty PolicyA -Name Priority -Value [PolicyA's computer setting priority]

   • You can configure user and computer settings in the same policy and both settings can have the same priority order. Occasionally, the priorities for the settings might be different. For example, PolicyA and PolicyB have the same user and computer settings, but the computer setting priority of PolicyA is higher than PolicyB. In this instance, configure the user setting of PolicyA to be higher than PolicyB.

   [From GPMx220WX64001][#LC0063]

3. After editing the built-in "Unfiltered" policy, the following error message appears:

   "Changes made to policies outside of this console, such as in PowerShell or management tools from previous versions, resulted in a discrepancy between policies.

   The Enabled Flag for the "user" and "computer" components of the policy Unfiltered must have the same value."

   Note: This fix prevents any issue occurring with unfiltered policies. If the error message appears before applying the fix, you must manually enable the flag of the "Unfiltered" policy by using PowerShell commands (cmdlet) after installing this fix.

   For example, if "Unfiltered" has only computer settings configured and the Enabled flag is clear, run the following commands in Citrix Delivery Controller:

   PS>Add-PSSnapin Citrix.Common.GroupPolicy
   PS>New-PSDrive Site -PSProvider CitrixGroupPolicy -Root \ -Controller localhost
   PS>cd Site:\User
   PS>cd Site:\User\Unfiltered
   PS>Set-ItemProperty . -Name Enabled -Value True

   [From GPMx220WX64001][#LC0068]

4. The following error message appears when opening the Citrix Studio and selecting the policy node:

   "The priority of the "user" and "computer" components of policy <policy name> must have the same value."

   [From GPMx220WX64001][#LC0207]

Fixes from Replaced Hotfixes

No hotfixes were replaced by this release.

Installing and Uninstalling this Release

Notes:

• This release is packaged as a .zip file containing the replacement CitrixGroupPolicyManagement_x64.msi file. For more information about deploying msi files, see Microsoft article 884016 or visit the Microsoft Web site and search on keyword msiexec.
• Caution: Downgrades, also known as rollbacks, from this upgrade are not supported and might leave your systems in an unstable state. This upgrade does not patch the existing installation - it fully replaces it with a new installation. As a result, uninstalling this package removes the entire component from the computer. If the need arises to revert to an earlier version of the product, you must uninstall this package and then reinstall the earlier version of the product. Reverting to an earlier version of the product might result in the loss of settings you configure while this upgrade is installed.
• To install this package successfully, target computers must not have registry modification restrictions in place.
• This hotfix might or might not prompt you to restart the server when the installation or uninstallation is complete. You must restart the server for the installation to complete.
• If the need arises to restore the original settings and functionality provided by this hotfix, you must uninstall the hotfix before reinstalling it according to the installation instructions below.

To install this hotfix:

1. Copy the file to a shared folder on the network.
2. Extract the compressed file and save the CitrixGroupPolicyManagement_x64.msi file on the computer you want to update.
3. Run the .msi file.
4. Restart the computer.

To uninstall this hotfix:

1. From the Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. Highlight the hotfix you want to uninstall and click Remove.
4. Follow the directions on-screen.