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Thanks for the distinction. &nbsp;I'll give it a go (after making a local backup) and report back. &nbsp;<br />
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When you say &quot;if the old file is also present&quot;, do you mean the old ADMX/ADML file?
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Yes. &nbsp;There is one instance that I know of that Microsoft consolidated a few settings into a &quot;new&quot; file and removed the old file from new OSes.<br />
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But in a central store, some people simply copy-and-replace. &nbsp;Well, the old file isn't removed in that instance (even though it is no longer in new &quot;clean&quot; installs.) &nbsp;And the new file with the same setting is also copied over. &nbsp;So your central store now has the same setting defined in two files, which GPEditor doesn't like *at all.* &nbsp;So the existence of the old file and new file causes GPEdit to throw an error and you get to track down the old file and remove it or do something else with it. &nbsp;It's primarily only a problem if you use the central store and leave old copies of files around when you copy new files over.
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Worked like a charm. &nbsp;Copied in the new files and created new GPO's.<br />
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Thanks for the assistance.
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I'd like to import updated ADMX/ADML files for Windows 10 and Office 2016 into my existing environment consisting of Windows 7 and Office 2010. &nbsp;Active Directory is Win 2012.<br />
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Is it okay to import the ADMX/ADML files and overwrite the existing files? &nbsp;Are they backwards compatible?
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I'd like to import updated ADMX/ADML files for Windows 10 and Office 2016 into my existing environment consisting of Windows 7 and Office 2010.  Active Directory is Win 2012.

Is it okay to import the ADMX/ADML files and overwrite the existing files?  Are they backwards compatible?

Will Windows 10 and Office 2016 ADMX/ADML files affect Windows 7 and Office 2010?

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