Chris, There are two issues involved in trying to do it. Firstly, you have to work out all of the Registry entries required for what you want, then you have to build the ADM file. I just tried it with the .TXT extension and found that while it is relatively straight forward, there are a lot of keys to be added. Here is the ADM file required for 5 of the 10 keys, all untested. You may run into a bit of trouble that some keys are binary. ADM templates don't support binary keys. Also you have to assume that all machines have the software installed and installed in the same place...... Note: I used my own ADM template Editor program to build the keys, which makes it a lot easier than trying to do it all in Notepad..... http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=adm_summary.shtml CLASS MACHINE CATEGORY "File associations" POLICY "Association for TXT" KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt VALUENAME "" VALUEON txtfile VALUEOFF "" ACTIONLISTON KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile VALUENAME "" VALUE "Text Document" KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile VALUENAME FriendlyTypeName VALUE @%SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe,-469 KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\DefaultIcon VALUENAME "" VALUE %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-152 KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell\open\command VALUENAME "" VALUE "%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1" END ACTIONLISTON ACTIONLISTOFF KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile VALUENAME "" VALUE "" KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile VALUENAME FriendlyTypeName VALUE "" KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\DefaultIcon VALUENAME "" VALUE "" KEYNAME SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell\open\command VALUENAME "" VALUE "" END ACTIONLISTOFF END POLICY ;Association for TXT END CATEGORY ;File associations CLASS USER [Strings] Alan Cuthbertson Policy Management Software:- http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=pol_summary.shtml ADM Template Editor:- http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=adm_summary.shtml Policy Log Reporter(Free) http://www.sysprosoft.com/index.php?ref=activedir&f=policyreporter.shtml ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Schlehlein To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 4:38 AM Subject: [gptalk] Re: Question about the way apps run Are there any good sites you can recommend that might have templates to create a new adm? I am hoping I do not have to invent the wheel, only make it rounder ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:01 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Question about the way apps run Chris- There is no built in capability in GP to modify HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, which holds file associations. However, I would think that you could create a custom ADM to do this. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Schlehlein Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 9:51 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Question about the way apps run In windows you can specify which applications are associated with specific applications, like when you open a .tiff file, MS document and imaging viewer opens. Is anyone aware of a GP setting that controls this so that we can force these changes to our users PC's? Chris CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, and any documents, files, or previous e-mail messages attached to it, may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, and/or legally privileged. If the reader of this e-mail message is neither the intended recipient nor an employee or an agent responsible for delivering this e-mail message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail message and delete it from your computer, without reading it or saving it in any manner. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, and any documents, files, or previous e-mail messages attached to it, may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, and/or legally privileged. If the reader of this e-mail message is neither the intended recipient nor an employee or an agent responsible for delivering this e-mail message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail message and delete it from your computer, without reading it or saving it in any manner.