How to install a Sharepoint application template

1. Remote Desktop into WebServer1.
2. Download the .exe file from the internet and save it to c:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\My Documents\Application Templates.
3. Create a new folder in the Application Templates folder with the name of the new application template to be installed (i.e. Knowledge Base).
4. Run the .exe file, which is a self-extracting zip file and choose the newly created folder (Knowledge Base) to extract the files to.
5. Open up a command prompt and change into the folder (c:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\My Documents\Application Templates\Knowledge Base)
6. Enter the following command:  "c:\program files\common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\bin\stsadm" -o addsolution -filenamename APPLICATIONTEMPLATENAME.wsp
7. You should see "Operation completed successfully"
8. Enter the following command:  "c:\program files\common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\bin\stsadm" -o deploysolution -name APPLICATIONTEMPLATENAME.wsp -allowgacdeployment -immediate
9. You should see "Timer job successfully created."

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