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secedit validate

Validates the security settings stored in a security template (.inf file). Windows commands reference

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from the Windows commands reference, CC BY 4.0

Validates the security settings stored in a security template (.inf file). Validating security templates can help you determine if one is corrupted or inappropriately set. Corrupted or inappropriately set security templates aren't applied.

secedit /validate <configuration file name>

To verify that the rollback .inf file, secRBKcontoso.inf, is still valid after rollback, type

secedit /validate secRBKcontoso.infIdentify
<configuration file name>Required. Specifies the path and file name for the security template that will be validated. Log files aren't updated by this command.