Customizing the Start Menu in Windows 10 Microsoft 2016 6/27/2018 5:12 AM BRK1045 Customizing the Start Menu in Windows 10 Raymond Comvalius - @NEXTXPERT IT Infrastructure Architect/MVP © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Windows 10 Start Menu

Group Policy for Start Menu Options Frequent Progams Logoff Suggested Apps Power Actions All Apps List Jump Lists Start Size Start Layout

Create Start Layout XML

Export the Start Layout Specific per platform (either x86 or x64) Customize and export Start layout export-startlayout –path <path><file name>.xml Decide on Full Start layout or Partial Start Layout Add LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType="OnlySpecifiedGroups“ to DefaultLayoutOverride element Specified Tile Groups can never be changed

Applying the Start Layout Full Start Layout = Mandatory Start Layout Partial Start Layout = Partly mandatory Start Layout Deploy Group Policy Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer provisioning package Mobile Device Management (MDM) Group Policy Preference Import in Windows Image

Sample Start layout XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" Version="1"> <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" StartTileGroupsColumnCount="1" /> <DefaultLayoutOverride> <StartLayoutCollection> <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"> <start:Group Name="Life at a glance" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"> <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" /> </start:Group> </defaultlayout:StartLayout> </StartLayoutCollection> </DefaultLayoutOverride> </LayoutModificationTemplate> © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Demo Creating the Start Layout XML Microsoft 2016 6/27/2018 5:12 AM © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Taskbar Options Three Categories of Apps on taskbar Default Windows Apps Apps pinned by the user Apps pinned during deploy TaskbarLinks in unattended Windows Setup are deprecated

Configuring the Taskbar Manually create the XML Add<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection> section Add Apps <taskbar:UWA> and AUMID to pin Universal Windows Platform apps. <taskbar:DesktopApp> and Desktop Application Link Path to pin desktop applications. Replace or just add your own apps Add PinListPlacement="Replace" to <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

Sample Taskbar Start layout XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" Version="1"> <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection> <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> <taskbar:TaskbarPinList> <taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" /> </taskbar:TaskbarPinList> </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection> </LayoutModificationTemplate> © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Deploy the Start Layout

Combine Start & Taskbar Layout

Deploying the Start Menu Start layout XML is platform specific Apps in the menu must already be installed Apps already in another groups will be removed from there

Use Group Policy to deploy Start layout Requires Windows 10 Enterprise or Education SKU Updates based on file time stamp of the XML

Use MDM to deploy Start Layout Requires Windows 10 Enterprise or Education SKU OMA-DM with Intune, SCCM or 3rd party MDM Replace markup characters with escape characters OMA-URI: ./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Start/StartLayout

Other ways to deploy Start layout Provisioning Package Use Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD) to include XML in the PPKG Mount a WIM image and run: Import-StartLayout

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Summary Dynamic Start Layout customization requires Enterprise or Education SKUs of Windows 10 Both Start Menu and Taskbar allow for modification Partial or Full Layout More information: Manage Windows 10 Start and taskbar layout

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