Exporting and importing Protocols White List
You can export all your current rules of the Protocols White List to a .pwl file that you can import and use on another computer. Exporting and importing can also be used as a form of backup.
To export the Protocols White List
1. If using DeviceLock Management Console, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Management Console and connect it to the computer running DeviceLock Service.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Service Settings Editor, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Service Settings Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Group Policy Manager, do the following:
a) Open Group Policy Object Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand DeviceLock.
2. Expand Protocols.
3. Under Protocols, do one of the following:
•Right-click White List, and then click Save.
- OR -
•Select
White List, and then click
Save 
on the toolbar.
- OR -
•Expand White List, right-click any user or group specified in the white list, and then click Save.
- OR -
•Expand White List, select any user or group specified in the white list. In the details pane, right-click the white list rule, and then click Save.
- OR -
•Expand
White List, select any user or group specified in the white list, and then click
Save on the toolbar.
- OR -
•Right-click White List, and then click Manage. In the right pane of the Protocols White List dialog box, under Rules, click Save.
4. In the Save As dialog box that appears, specify the name and location of the .pwl file, and then click Save.
When you export the Protocols White List, it is saved in a file with a .pwl extension.
To import the Protocols White List
1. If using DeviceLock Management Console, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Management Console and connect it to the computer running DeviceLock Service.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Service Settings Editor, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Service Settings Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Group Policy Manager, do the following:
a) Open Group Policy Object Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand DeviceLock.
2. Expand Protocols.
3. Under Protocols, do one of the following:
•Right-click White List, and then click Load.
- OR -
•Select
White List, and then click
Load 
on the toolbar.
- OR -
•Expand White List, right-click any user or group specified in the white list, and then click Load.
- OR -
•Expand White List, select any user or group specified in the white list. In the details pane, right-click the white list rule, and then click Load.
- OR -
•Expand
White List, select any user or group specified in the white list, and then click
Load on the toolbar
- OR -
•Right-click White List, and then click Manage. In the right pane of the Protocols White List dialog box, under Rules, click Load.
4. In the Open dialog box that appears, locate and select the file you want to import, and then click Open.
If the Protocols White List is already defined and you choose to import a new white list, the following message is displayed: “Do you want to overwrite existing records (Yes - Overwrite, No - Append)?”. In the message box, click Yes to overwrite the existing white list. Click No to append a new white list to the existing white list.