The recently-announced Windows 11 2022 Update, that is now rolling out to devices available, is also affected by an organization Policy glitch that's also impacting the other versions from the operating-system still supported by the software giant.

Microsoft explains around the Windows 11 health dashboard that copying files and shortcuts using Group Policy Preferences might not act as expected.

This occurs on Windows 8.1 and newer os's, including Windows 10 and Windows 11 - both versions 21H2 and 22H2 are affected.

"File copies using Group Policy Preferences might fail or could create empty shortcuts or files using 0 (zero) bytes. Known affected Group Policy Objects are related to files and shortcuts in User Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings in Group Policy Editor," the software giant explains in an announcement.

The available workarounds for impacted devices

At this time, a complete fix is already in the works, but Microsoft states that some workarounds are for sale to users struggling with this glitch:

Uncheck the "Run in logged-on user's security context (user policy option)". Note: This may not mitigate the issue for items using a wildcard (*).
Inside the affected Group Policy, change "Action" from "Replace" to "Update".
If your wildcard (*) is used in the location or destination, deleting the trailing "\" (backslash, without quotes) in the destination might permit the copy to achieve success.

Needless to say, there is no ETA regarding whenever a full fix might be released to users, but Microsoft says it will likely be a part of a future release.

This means a future update going live towards the affected Windows versions could also resolve the bug - the following Patch Tuesday cycle takes place on October 11, but at this point, there's no confirmation that this may be the target date for the rollout of the fix.