How to use AD-Browser

1. Start AD-Browser
2. Show Containers, Configuration and Schema
3. Browse © Active Directory (OU)
4. Search © Active Directory
5. Change the Search Filter (predefined Filters)
6. Delete a Column
7. View Properties
8. Export ListView
9. Export TreeView
10. Export all Group Policies

1. Start AD-Browser

Use a PC which was joined to the Domain to start AD-Browser (adbrowser.exe) as Domain User or Domain Admin. AD-Browser shows Organizational Units (OU) in the TreeView.

2. Show Containers, Configuration and Schema

Use menu Show/Containers, Configuration and Schema to see the containers in the TreeView.

3. Browse © Active Directory (OU)

In the TreeView click an OU or a CN. The properties of the item are shown in the ListView.

4. Search © Active Directory

To search Active Directory click in the TreeView to select an OU to start.

Next you may Change the Search Filter (predefined Filters). Now press the ENTER Key or the Find Button.
The cursor changes to a hourglass while searching. The number of objects found is displayed in the Statusbar.

Use this check box to see all attributes
This means: Show all attributes for the objects found in the current OU.
Use adbrowser.cfg to specify a list of prefered attributes.

Use this check box to specify the search dept.
This means: Search in the whole tree under the selected OU or CN in TreeView.

To compare ADsPath you can cut the LDAP object prefix with

Use to navigate in the history hold by AD-Browser (visted OUs and CNs).

5. Change the Search Filter (predefined Filters)

The second ComboBox contains the following standard filtes:

• cn=*
• objectClass=computer
• objectClass=group
• objectClass=user
• objectClass=printQueue
• objectClass=mSMQConfiguration
• objectClass=groupPolicyContainer

Predefined Filters

In the Menu Show the following filters are predefined:

• Group Members (all members of selected group)
• Computers in current OU (not locked)
• Locked Computers in current OU
• Users in current OU (not locked)
• Locked Users in current OU

The LDAP search syntax allowes to build further search filters that combine several criterias:

6. Delete a Column

To delete a column in ListView do a right mouse button click on the ListView Header.

7. View Properties

To view object properties do the following:

• Mark an object in ListView
• A double click will show the Properties in the Web-Browser
• If the object is a groupPolicyContainer AD-Browser will try to show more details:
  1. Registry entries (machine, user)
  2. Preferences (machine, user)
  3. Scripts (startup, logon, logoff, shutdown)
  4. Security settings (machine gpttmpl.inf)
  5. Folder redirection (user fdeploy.ini)
  6. MSI Files to be deployed via GPO
• If the object is a group all group members are shown in the row member
  also for a large number of members (member;range).

8. Export ListView

To export the current ListView choose File/Save List View (*.htm) from the menu. This will create a HTML table.

If you specify a *.txt file a TAB seperated Textfile wil be created.

9. Export TreeView

To export the current TreeView choose File/Save Tree View (*.txt) from the menu. This will save a TAB seperated Textfile.

10. Export all Group Policies

To export all Group Policies choose File/Save all GPOs in a folder from the menu.