Add or Remove Classic Administrative Templates

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

To add or remove Classic Administrative Templates (.adm files)

  1. Open the Group Policy Management Console. Right-click the Group Policy object you want to edit and then click Edit.

  2. In the console tree, under either Computer Configuration or User Configuration, right-click Administrative Templates.

  3. Click Add/Remove Templates.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • To add a template, click Add. In the Policy Templates dialog box, click the template you want to add, and then click Open.

    • To remove a template, in the Current Policy Templates list, click the template, and then click Remove.

Additional considerations

  • To complete this procedure, you must have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO. By default, members of the Domain Administrators security group, the Enterprise Administrators security group, or the Group Policy Creator Owners security group have Edit setting permission to edit a GPO.