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Hi everyone,<br />
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Our WIndows Server 2008 DC is throwing up this error:<br />
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&quot;The .adm file &quot;...Policies\{100177F0-8B7<wbr />6-44B7-9AC<wbr />4-33028DB9<wbr />060F}\adm\<wbr />outlk12.ad<wbr />m&quot; is in not in a valid format and must be replaced. Details: Input string was not in a correct format.&quot;<br />
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If it told me what line then I might have been able to take it from there. &nbsp;Where and what formatting error am I looking for here?<br />
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Thanks.
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Hi everyone,

Our WIndows Server 2008 DC is throwing up this error:

"The .adm file "...Policies\{100177F0-8B76-44B7-9AC4-33028DB9060F}\adm\outlk12.adm" is in not in a valid format and must be replaced. Details: Input string was not in a correct format."

If it told me what line then I might have been able to take it from there.  Where and what formatting error am I looking for here?

Thanks.

Outlk12.adm is in not in a valid format

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