I suppose you are travelling from DTW ?

So, here is a thread from the AF forum which should be useful, although a bit longish. Perhaps you can start from the end Connecting in CDG

You should be arriving in CDG 2E and departing from 2F1 (the Schengen pier of 2F). As you will be entering the Schengen zone in CDG before your connection to AMS, you need to clear immigration in CDG. Your baggage will be checked through to AMS, where they can be inspected by customs. In CDG, you may have a cursory check of your carry ons. If you arrive in another CDG2 hall, you will also have to clear immigration there.

You do not mention the time you have for your connection. In any case, you have the choice between the landside shuttle and walking. Taking the airside shuttle is not an option as you are transferring to a Schengen terminal. In addition, it is much quicker to walk in your case. The landside shuttle is not a good option IMHO.

When arriving in the 2E building from the remote stand where your aircraft should be parked, you will need to clear immigration. After clearing immigration, go through the baggage retrieval area and go landside. Once you have left the baggage retrieval area, follow the signs for 2F. You should be going through a very wide, airy corridor, with floor to ceiling windows on both sides and photographs of Charles de Gaulle, over a set of moving walkways, the "Galerie". It should take you less than 5mn to go through this Galerie. When arriving on the other side, you are in 2F, on the arrivals level. Take the escalator in front of the moving walkways you have been using and go up. You are on the departures level. Turn left and go to the security check to enter the gates area for Schengen departures. If your connecting flight is in Business Class or if you are SkyTeam Elite or Elite Plus, you can use the leftmost security line which is the fast track security line. Once you have cleared security, you are 5 mn away from any gate in 2F1.

Short summary, if things go smoothly :
- bus ride from remote stand to 2E building : should be < 15mn
- clear immigration in 2E : should be < 10mn
- walk through the Galerie between 2E and 2F : < 5mn
- walk to security check in 2F1 : < 3mn
- fast track security check : < 5mn
- walk to the gate : < 5mn

Some contingency planning, if you are arriving in another CDG2 international hall :
- walking from 2A or 2B to 2F1 : 15mn
- walking from 2C to 2F1 : 10mn
- walking from 2F2 (international pier of 2F) to 2F1 : 5mn
(estimated time once you have cleared immigration)

If your connection gets short but is still doable, AF can decide to have agents guide you from your incoming aircraft to your departure gate, but this happens mostly when connecting to (not from) a long-haul flight. You know this happens (if flying AF from the US) when the chief purser announces during taxiing that "passengers connecting to xxx should contact AF ground staff when leaving the aircraft".

Regarding carry-ons, you should be allowed one bag and one personal item (laptop, handbag). Regarding liquids, you should check the www.adp.fr web site. If you follow the US rules concerning the size, it should be OK. Regarding liquids purchased in duty free, if they have been purchased on an EU carrier, you will be able to keep them with you. If purchased outside the EU (and Switzerland, Norway and Iceland) or on a non-EU carrier, you will need to check them, so this could be a waste of precious time.

Regarding security, CDG, as some other airports in Europe such as MXP or FCO, but not all, ALWAYS screens a departing passenger, whether he is connecting or not.

Enjoy your flights.