admxgen is a simple tool designed to help in generation of group policy template files. These files can be difficult to edit by hand, particularly when they become large. admxgen takes a simple json file and a csv file that can be edited in Microsoft Excel (or any text editor) and generates a properly formatted and cross-linked .admx and .adml file.
admxgen.exe [input_json_file] [output_filename]
{
"DisplayName": "Display Name",
"Description": "Description",
"Revision": "6.6",
"MinRequiredRevision": "6.6",
"SchemaVersion": "8.8",
"TargetNamespace": {
"Prefix": "NamespacePrefix",
"Namespace": "NamespacePrefix.Policies"
},
"FallbackCulture": "en-US",
"SupersededPolicyFiles": [
"superseded.adm"
],
"File": "checkBoxTest.csv"
}
"Category","Display Name","Class","Type","Explanation","Registry Key","Value Name","Supported On","Properties"
"CheckBoxSetting","Enabled","Machine","checkBox","Description of check box setting.","Software\Company\CheckBox","CheckBoxValueName","",""
"DecimalSetting","Enabled","Machine","decimal","Description of decimal setting.","Software\Company\Decimal","DecimalValueName","","MinValue=0;MaxValue=10"
"EnumSetting","Enabled","Machine","enum","Description of enum setting.","Software\Company\Enum","EnumValueName","","Type=Decimal;Values=Option A:0|Option B:1"
"TextBoxSetting","Enabled","Machine","textBox","Description of text box setting.","Software\Company\TextBox","TextBoxValueName","",""