Check Group Policy settings: Pay special attention to the relevant settings of the file system, such as login scripts, file distribution, etc. Make sure you're not trying to create a file that already exists.

I've turned on Group Policy diagnostic logging but that just reports the same "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" error without specifying what the file is.

Updating your operating system is an easy way of fixing the problem, so refer to our steps below. Users report that they encounter the error message: Group Policy cannot create a file when that file already exists. It may occur when performing several actions as editing file status or moving files.

This error code usually indicates that the user or computer doesn't have the appropriate permissions to access the path specified in the event. On the domain controller, ensure the user and computer have appropriate permission to read the path specified in the event.

According to your description, we have tried to clear the GPO cache but still did not resolve this issue. We could enable logging and tracing for GPP Local Users and Groups and look at the logs which might help further troubleshooting.

Besides, how have we configured the policy of Local Users and Groups? Did we choose the user name or group name from the Browse or selecting from the drop-down box?

Update Group Membership: Update a group and add and/or remove members though the 'U' action. When using Update, existing group members that aren't specified in the policy remain untouched. Replace Group Membership: Restrict a group by replacing group membership through the 'R' action.

You may want to know about the possible events that can be logged by a component, in order to categorize them properly in system management solutions. Below you will find the list of events for Group Policy Preferences.

If a user modifies a setting managed by Group Policy Preferences, their change will persist only until the next Group Policy refresh, at which point the preference will revert to the value specified by the administrator.

The error 183 with Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) usually indicates that WAS is trying to use a file that already exists. Here are some steps you can try to resolve this issue: