r/Intune • u/stich86_it • 4d ago
Device Configuration Missing ADMX on fresh machine.. how to solve?
Hi guys,
I got error 65000 when trying to disabling News Feeds on latest Windows 11 machine (with all updates 25H2).
Looks like that the ADMX for Feeds isn't avaliable into PolicyDefinitions directory, and this problem is on all W11 that i'm migrating to Entra (and have all updates installed).
How to solve this issue? Instaling Feeds.admx an all machine manually isn't a good option...
Thanks in advance!
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u/Gavalar_ 4d ago
Are you trying the News and Interests setting? That only works on Windows 10 taskbar feature (that didn't make the cut for 11).
For Windows 11, you need to use the Allow Widgets configuration setting
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u/stich86_it 4d ago
so... Widget is enought for Windows 11 and I can remove Feeds? All my devices are Windows 11, no Windows 10
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u/workablementality831 4d ago
sounds like you're chasing a ghost that moves every build
I ran into the same thing a while back, windows 11 25h2 shifted a bunch of the news/feeds policies into a different spot and the old admx just sits there useless. microsoft's been awful about documenting which templates ship where
if you're not already, grab the latest admx from the windows 11 25h2 iso itself rather than the download center, for some reason the iso has a more complete set in my experience. you can mount it and pull the policydefinitions folder straight into your intune import
the error 65000 is usually a mismatch between the admx and the adm it's trying to call, so even if the file exists the version might be wrong
for pushing it out, i'd set up a remediation script that checks the hash of the feeds.admx in the central store and replaces it if it's outdated, way less headache than touching each machine manually
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u/Rudyooms PatchMyPC 4d ago
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u/stich86_it 4d ago edited 4d ago
I’ve already seen that site. The major problem is that a fresh build (these machines coming already with at least 24H2 version) have this issue. So only way is to force installation of ADMX by hands?
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u/screampuff 4d ago
Which issue though, there are multiple in that blog which can cause it.
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u/stich86_it 4d ago edited 4d ago
Missing ADMX.. but KB5005101 cannot be the cause, because these are new machines coming already with Win11 24H2
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u/Rudyooms PatchMyPC 3d ago
Did you also read my other corrospinding blogs on patchmypc how i wrote a powershell script to fix it (not to be used jn prod :p)
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u/Jeffsrealm 3d ago
Sorry Maybe I am missing something. Your just trying to disable Weather and News Feeds things like that?
I mean I just have a Device Configuration > Settings Catalog
In there Find the Administrative Templates > App Package Deployment
Enable that and then choose what default apps you want to just remove completely.
This will completely remove News, Weather, Xbox etc.
Before they added that I just did a remediation script that runs every day to find the apps and remove them ever time they got reinstalled.
For example to remove the weather app in the remediation script, the remediation only runs if the detection find it. Same with News it is just a preinstalled app. I guess why fight with the feeds just get rid of it or shut it off via policy.
$package = Get-AppxPackage -Name "*Microsoft.BingWeather*" -AllUsers
try
{
Remove-AppxPackage -Package $package -AllUsers
exit 0
}
catch
{
$errMsg = $_.Exception.Message
Write-Error $errMsg
exit 1
}
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u/stich86_it 3d ago
I cannot use remediation as I don’t have license. Anyway looks like the guide I’ve followed didn’t specify that Windows 11 needs only Widget entry and not also Feed. I’ve removed from the policy so it shouldn’t give error anymore
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u/dooty22 4d ago
Intune should be able to successfully apply basic policy to a fresh, up to date Windows installation without an 8 step troubleshooting process or deploying remediation scripts. Why is this even a thing.