The adm file is not in a valid format

You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter Kathy Start date Oct 30, I am having trouble with the word My Office settings fail to apply unless I remove this adm file. When I use Group Policy Modelling to check resultant policies, I get the following error under the 'Adminstrative Templates' section where the Office settings should be: An error has occurred while collecting data for Administrative Templates.

The following errors were encountered: The. ADM" is not in a valid format and must be replaced. Details: A string is expected at line A colleague who works for another company is also having the same problem, so I was wondering if there is a problem with the file itself?

Has anyone else got their Word settings to apply from this. Any assistance much appreciated. Bob Buckland? Hi Kathy, The. Are you using production tools and Office editions i. ADM you have two ways to do it.

The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected ADM file. From the drop-down menu select "Choose default program" , then click "Browse" and find the desired program.

The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the ADM file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry. Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files e. ADM with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.

So Microsoft did fix the problem way back when, but did they notify anyone. Home Contact me. Rolling out Windows 7 sp1 A bit of Office file block editing. Amazing it shipped like that. Amazing it took me this long to find the solution. You can upload the information files to the following link.

Please choose "Send Files to Microsoft". Note: Due to differences in text formatting with various email clients, the workspace link above may appear to be broken.

Please be sure to include all text between ' ' and ' ' when typing or copying the workspace link into your browser. Meanwhile, please note that files uploaded for more than 72 hours will be deleted automatically.

Please ensure to notify me timely after you have uploaded the files. Thank you for your understanding. I have upped the seczones. I would like to confirm what is the current situation? If there is anything that I can do for you, please do not hesitate to let me know, and I will be happy to help. I am currently having this issue. I have re-imported the settings for that policy.