Customizing the Start Menu in Windows 10 9/7/2018 5:57 PM Customizing the Start Menu in Windows 10 Raymond Comvalius IT Infrastructure Architect © 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 vs. Mobile Device Management Group Policy & MDM Remove Logoff Hide Most Used Programs Hide App Suggestions AKA Consumer Features Hide All Power Buttons Shut down, Restart, Sleep and Hibernate Disable Jump List History Start Size Full Screen or Menu MDM Only Hide Recently Added Apps Allow Pinned Folder Hide a Single Power Button

Defining the Start Layout Not for Roaming Profiles Full Start Layout = Mandatory Start Layout Partial Start Layout = Partly mandatory Start Layout Deploy Group Policy Mobile Device Management (MDM) Windows Provisioning Package Import in Windows Image

Create Start Layout XML

Export the Start Layout Specific per platform (either x86 or x64) Customize Start Menu 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 XML element XML configured Tile Groups cannot be changed

Sample Start Layout XML 9/7/2018 5:57 PM 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" <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> LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType="OnlySpecifiedGroups"> © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Resulting Layout Examples

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

Create Taskbar Layout XML

Configuring the Taskbar Manually create the XML Add Schema declarations Add<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection> 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 Add your own apps Add PinListPlacement="Replace" to <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

Sample Taskbar Layout XML 9/7/2018 5:57 PM Sample Taskbar 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> PinListPlacement="Replace"> © 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

XML Challenge Ensure proper XML Formatting http://www.xmlvalidation.com/ For MDM you must encode to HTML http://www.freeformatter.com/xml-escape.html Test with Local GPO First Restart explorer.exe after each change

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 other 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 1703 or up Pro, Enterprise, or Education SKU OMA-DM with Intune, ConfigMgr or 3rd party MDM Replace markup characters with escape characters when required

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 –LayoutPath <path><file name>.xml –MountPath %systemdrive%

9/7/2018 5:57 PM Summary © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Summary Dynamic Start Layout customization requires Pro, Enterprise, or Education SKUs of Windows 10 since 1703 Both Start Menu and Taskbar allow for modification with Group Policy XML Formatting can be a challenge More information: Manage Windows 10 Start and taskbar layout

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