🚀 Deploy Romanized Unicode Application via GPO – Step-by-Step Guide

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📘 Overview

In many organizations, especially those operating in Nepal, Nepali Unicode typing is essential for documentation, communication, and compliance. Manually installing Romanized Unicode on every system can be time-consuming. This blog demonstrates how you can deploy the Romanized Unicode Application automatically using Group Policy (GPO).

🧰 Requirements

  • Active Directory environment
  • A shared folder accessible to all target computers
  • Romanized Unicode installer folder (including setup.exe or .msi)
  • Administrative privileges

🗂 Step 1: Prepare the Installer Folder

  1. Create a Shared Folder on your file server, e.g., \\WS2K25-DC01\Romanised-Unicode.
  2. Copy the full Unicode installation package (folder) including the installer file (setup.exe) to this path.
  3. Set Share and NTFS permissions:
    • Share: Everyone – Read
    • NTFS: Authenticated Users – Read & Execute

📜 Step 2: Create a Batch File for Installation

Download a script named Deploy-Unicode-apps.bat

📌 Note:
Copy the following script into Notepad, then:

  1. Replace \\WS2K25-DC01\RomanisedUnicode with your actual SourcePath (the network share where the installation files are located).
  2. Replace C:\Unicode with your desired InstallFolder location on the local machine.
  3. Save the file with a .bat extension (e.g., Deploy-Unicode-apps.bat).
  4. Use Group Policy to deploy the script at user logon or computer startup.

🛠 Step 3: Create a GPO for Deployment

  1. Open Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).
  2. Right-click on your target OU (e.g., Workstations) → Create a GPO → Name it Deploy-Unicode-apps.
  3. Right-click the new GPO → Edit.
  4. Navigate to:
    Computer Configuration → Policies → Windows Settings → Scripts → Startup
  5. Click Add → Browse → Add your Deploy-Unicode-apps.batscript.

✅ Make sure the script is in the SYSVOL path or another network-accessible location.

🔄 Step 4: Force GPO Update & Reboot

Run the following on a client machine to apply the policy immediately:

gpupdate /force

Then reboot the machine. The Unicode application should install during startup.

🧪 Testing & Validation

  • After reboot, check:
    • Installation path: C:\Unicode
    • Typing functionality using Romanized layout in Notepad or Word

📝 Conclusion

Automating Unicode installation using GPO ensures consistent deployment, reduced manual effort, and better IT control. This approach is scalable and can be modified to deploy other language tools, fonts, or essential utilities.

👉 Let me know in the comments if you’d like a PowerShell version of this deployment!