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Using ADMX template on 2008 R2 Domain Controller

I have a 2008 R2 domain controller which I use for Group Policy. Up until now I have been using the ADM files which I see now have been replaced with the ADMX which were available before. But when I went to download the template for office 2013 only the admx were available. When I tried to add it using the Add/Remove Templates, they weren't available since I think that is only for ADM type.

I have been reasearching and all the sites say to copy the admx file to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions or to create a PolicyDefinitions folder in the sysvol for use as a central store. I tried both and I still get an error parsing message which everyone talks about but says copying to PolicyDefinitions is the solution.

Please help.

David Johnson, CD

when you download files from the internet they get a ntfs stream added to the file and you need to right click the file and select unprotect .. you can also use sysinternals streams.exe to unprotect (remove the ntfs stream data) to bulk unprotect files.

swenger7

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I didn't get any stream. It was admintemplates64.exe which extracted to an admin and admx folder when I ran the executible

Joseph Moody

Can you give us a screenshot showing the files in the policy definitions folder? Did you also copy the language files over?

VB ITS

When I tried to add it using the Add/Remove Templates, they weren't available since I think that is only for ADM type.

When you tried to add the Office ADMX file, what happened exactly? Did you get an error message or did the ADMX files add OK but just didn't appear in GPMC?

Did you attempt to implement the Group Policy Central Store prior to manually loading the ADMX files?

swenger7

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Before we go to the Central Store, let's try and resolve this locally.

When I open my group policy currently I have ADM templates for Office 2010. See attached file ADM2010.JPG

When I try to Right-Click on Administrative to Add Template and browse to where the Office 2013 admx files are they don't appear which I guess is because the Add Template is only for ADM files. See attached file AddTemplates.JPG

When I manually copy the new Office 2013 ADMX files into the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder of the current domain controller as you can see in attached file Newadmx.jpg where I tried access15.admx then when I open up my policy I get an error which is attached file Error.jpg.

Thanks,
AddTemplates.JPG
ADM2010.JPG
Error.JPG
Newadmx.JPG

David Johnson, CD

check / reset the permissions on the folder

swenger7

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Here's the problem, the Folder has the owner as Trusted Installer as well as under Security a user called TrustedInstaller with full control. The file I copy in has inheritence, however it doesn't get the TrustedInstaller even if I force inheritence. I believe the reason is because I can't even find a user on the DC or AD called TrustedInstaller. However the file I copy in does have the Administrtor Group with full control. SO I am not sure if this is the cause of my error in group policy but if it is I am not sure how to fix it.

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David Johnson, CD

TrustedInstaller is a local user (part of the o/s)

swenger7

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I had to copy the adml files as well.

Thanks acbrown2010