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Adding ADMX Templates to the Store

After you configure the central store, you must populate it using ADMX template files. You can copy these ADMX template files from a computer running Windows 7 by following these steps:

  1. Log on to an administrative workstation running Windows 7 using a user account that is a member of the Domain Admins built-in group.
  2. Open a command prompt and type the following command.
    xcopy %SystemRoot%\PolicyDefinitions\* %LogonServer%\sysvol\%UserDNSDomain%\
policies\
PolicyDefinitions /s /y
  3. Repeat this process from any administrator workstations running Windows 7 that have different languages installed.

After you copy the ADMX template files to the central store, the central store will be replicated to all domain controllers in the domain as the contents of the SYSVOL share are replicated by the FRS. Whenever you want to update the files or copy a custom ADMX file, you must do this manually.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Managing the Desktop Environment
  2. Understanding Group Policy in Windows 7
  3. Group Policy Before Windows Vista
  4. Group Policy in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
  5. New Group Policy Features in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
  6. Group Policy Policy Settings in Windows 7
  7. Understanding ADMX Template Files
  8. Types of ADMX Template Files
  9. Local Storage of ADMX Template Files
  10. Considerations When Working with ADMX Template Files
  11. Understanding Multiple Local Group Policy
  12. MLGPOs and Group Policy Processing
  13. Managing Group Policy
  14. Adding ADMX Templates to the Store
  15. Creating and Managing GPOs
  16. Using Starter GPOs
  17. Creating and Managing GPOs Using the GPMC
  18. Creating and Managing GPOs Using Windows PowerShell
  19. Editing GPOs
  20. Configuring Policy Settings
  21. Configuring Preference Items
  22. Managing MLGPOs
  23. Migrating ADM Templates to ADMX Format
  24. Converting ADM Template Files to ADMX Format
  25. Creating and Editing Custom ADMX Template Files
  26. Configuring Group Policy Processing
  27. Using Advanced Group Policy Management
  28. Troubleshooting Group Policy
  29. Enabling Debug Logging
  30. Using Group Policy Log View
  31. Using GPResult