Note: We’re changing “DesktopApplicationID” to “DesktopApplicationLinkPath” and then pointing to a shortcut that DOES NOT yet exist. To ensure that the icon for Internet Explorer 11 stays once this is deployed via GPO, edit the line where Internet Explorer is defined as follows:ĭesktopApplicationLinkPath=”%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer.lnk” /> I don’t care to push out the third grouping, so lets delete everything about that group, from the first The two groups that I want to push in a GPO are the groups “Be Productive” and “Company Applications.” You can name these whatever you want when you’re customizing the Start Menu originally, or you can edit the groupings names here in the section Name=”Name of Grouping” We’re going to add text to make it read as follows: In Notepad++, it’s easier to see the groupings since it can read and color-code the text.įirst, in the section, we need to add a little code to let Windows know that we only want to lock down these specfic groups and that other groups can added, customized, and deleted at the user’s will. The XML is pretty typical of what you’d find in any XML setting file – a common HTML-type format with brackets that open an element and then an accompanying bracket that closes that element. Open PowerShell with administrative rights and run the following command:Įxport-StartLayout –Path C:\Workspace\StartLayout.xml On that same machine, we need to export the XML that holds the specified configuration for your desired Start Layout.
I also created another grouping for my Office applications. Here, I’ve specified Internet Explorer 11, Calculator, Notepad ++, and Windows PowerShell ISE. On any Windows 10 machine, setup the groupings you would like to push out to your users. With the release of Windows 10 v1511 came the capability to apply a Partial Start Menu Layout. This gives the company the ability to deploy specific groupings to their machines while allowing their users to add and customize their own groupings.
To still allow the user to add and customize their Start Menu layout going forward but prevent them from editing or removing the mandated grouping of IE, An圜onnect, etc.
To make sure that Internet Explorer, Cisco An圜onnect, the Office suite were segmented in their own grouping on the Start layout. Recently, I was tasked with creating a customized start menu for a client that is looking to rollout Windows 10 to the company.
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