How to re-build IPSec

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How to re-build IPSec Local Policy

If you receive the following message and experience an IPSec issue, you may need to re-build IPSec Local Policy.

“Error: 10045 - The attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced”

“Event ID: 4292 – The IPSec driver has entered Block mode. IPSec will discard all inbound and outbound TCP/IP network traffic that is not permitted by boot-time IPSec Policy exemptions”.

“Event ID: 7023 - The IPSEC Services service terminated with the following error: The system cannot find the file specified”.

"Could not start the IPSEC Services service on Local Computer. Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."

"The IPSec Policy storage container could not be opened. The following error occurred: The system cannot find the file specified. (80070002)".

To do this, follow these steps;

Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\IPsec\Policy\Local.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the subkey
Quit Registry Editor
Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 polstore.dll, and then click OK.

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