Re: GPO Software install

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From: Mike Aubert (mikenews2_at_2000trainers.com)
Date: 02/17/04


Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:26:03 -0600

The file extensions must be registered in Active Directory by a .msi
package - you can not manually add extensions.

If multiple packages register the same extension you do have the option of
selecting which package has priority (that is what the "File Extensions" tab
is for).

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"Arsen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23wVOf3M9DHA.1592@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I want to install a software that uses a file that ends with .xyz
extension.
> So the best thing to do is to publish this .msi installation software to
the
> AD with a GPO, however when I go to the "file extension" tab, in the
> software installation node, there are no file extensions. Where do these
> file extensions get populated?
>
>



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