Deploy preferences for the desktop app

If you're using... Workshare desktop app Windows Server 2008 and above You'll need... To be an IT administrator

You can use your existing deployment tools. The preferences that can be deployed for the desktop app are:

1. Sync root location for the Workshare sync folder.
2. Proxy settings.
3. Bandwidth control.

These preferences are found in the Workshare ADMX template file (WorkshareDesktop.admx), which references the Workshare ADML language file (WorkshareDesktop.adml). You can specify the values of your preferences using the Group Policy Editor and then deploy them using a script. Once deployed, the preferences appear in the registry. 

Follow these steps:

1. Install the desktop app. The ADMX and ADML files are included with the install.
2. From the desktop app's install folder, locate the PolicyDefinitions folder. This folder contains the WorkshareDesktop.admx file and the EN-US folder:

3. Copy the WorkshareDesktop.admx file and the EN-US folder (The EN-US folder contains the WorkshareDesktop.adml file).
4. Locate the PolicyDefinitions folder on your server:
   1. If you’ve installed the operating system to the default drive: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions
   2. If you’ve installed the operating system on to another drive: %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions
5. Paste the WorkshareDesktop.admx file and the EN-US folder.
6. Open the Group Policy Editor:
   1. Click Start.
   2. Click Administrative Tools.
   3. Click Group Policy Management.
7. In the Group Policy Editor, browse to the Workshare template. By default, user values are used first followed by machine values:
   1. To modify the Computer Configuration:
      1. For a 32-bit machine: Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Workshare\Desktop\32 bit OS
      2. For a 64-bit machine: Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Workshare\Desktop\64 bit OS
   2. To modify the User Configuration: User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Workshare\Desktop

8. Choose which preferences you’d like to modify from the table at the bottom of this article. For each preference:
   1. Select the folder location.
   2. Double-click the preference name.
   3. Select Enabled.
   4. In the Options pane, adjust the values to your specifications.
   5. Click Apply.

 

Deployment Preferences
Folder location	Preference name	Description
Storage (Enables you to change the sync root for the Workshare sync folder. By default, the sync root is the user profile)	Storage Root	Once you set a value for Storage Root, the user will no longer be able to change the location of the Workshare sync folder using the desktop app's preferences
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Network (Enables you to set bandwidth control and specify proxy server details)	Max Download Kbps	The maximum bandwidth available for downloading files
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	Proxy Option	Where to retrieve the proxy settings from. Select one of: None Auto-detect: Workshare will use the computer's system settings to connect to the network Manual: Enter the proxy server details manually. You must choose this option if you'd like to modify Force Proxy?, Proxy Port, Proxy Server, or Proxy Type
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	Force Proxy?	Set Force Proxy so that traffic for the desktop app must go via the proxy server. If the proxy server isn't available then the desktop app will be offline. To use this, you must first select Manual in Proxy Option.
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	Proxy Port	The port number of the proxy server. To use this, you must first select Manual in Proxy Option.
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	Proxy Server	The server address of the proxy server. To use this, you must first select Manual in Proxy Option.
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	Proxy Type	The type of proxy server (HTTP, HTTP Caching or Socks5). To use this, you must first select Manual in Proxy Option.
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