![]() ![]() Xcopy /E /Y "\\\netlogon\PinnedItem " "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned" IF EXIST "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" GOTO NOTASKDIRĭel "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*" /S /Q In the Domain Group Policy Editor ( User Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Scripts (Logon/Logoff) -> Logon), add a logon script (deploy_taskbar.bat) with the following off Reg export HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband c:\script\PinnedItem.regĬopy this REG file and the directory containing icons (%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar) to a shared network folder (for example, you can use NETLOGON). ![]() To distribute these Taskbar settings to domain computers, you need to export the contents of this registry key on a reference computer to a REG file: The list of pinned taskbar shortcuts in Windows 10 is stored in the user profile folder %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar.Īnd the settings of the pinned apps are stored encoded in the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband. ![]() In older Windows builds (pre 1607), pinned app shortcuts in the taskbar are configured differently. After applying the policy on the user’s computer, two pinned shortcuts will appear in the Windows 10 taskbar. In this example, we will add two pinned shortcuts to the taskbar: File Explorer and Internet Explorer. To add your own pinned shortcuts to the XML layout, which is distributed through the GPO, edit the XML file. Starting from Windows 10 1607, you can manage pinned shortcuts in the taskbar via the same XML file with the Start Menu layout. How to Manage Pinned Taskbar Items Using GPO? To solve the problem, you need to edit the XML file and change the line for the IE shortcut as follows: Īnd then through the GPO you need to copy the shortcut file “Internet Explorer.lnk” to the % ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\. Windows 10 has a small bug when the assigned Internet Explorer shortcut doesn’t appear after applying the XML layout file via GPO. Partial Lockdown works both in Windows 10 Enterprise and Pro (starting from 1703 build). All other groups, their contents, and element settings can be changed by users. Thus, only groups of tiles (shortcuts) specified in the XML file will be locked. Save the changes to the XML file and deploy it on users’ computers using GPO. To lock the specific shortcut group, you need to change the attribute of this section to Open your file StartLayoutW10.xml and find the following section in it. To set the locked Start Layout groups, you need to manually edit the XML layout file using any text editor (it is convenient to use Notepad to edit the XML file). Those you can allow the user to change any shortcuts, icons and tiles except for a certain group of corporate app shortcuts. Partial Lockdown mode, that appeared in Windows 10 1511, allows you to specify groups of Start Menu tiles that users cannot change. Using Partial Lockdown to Lock Certain Items in Start Menu To allow the user to change the layout elements, use the Partial Lockdown feature described in the following section. By default, when configuring Start Menu and Taskbar settings for user computers using the Group Policy, users cannot change its elements (delete shortcuts, pin their own items). In this case you need to configure the same policy in the Computer Configuration section. You can also assign the Start Menu layout to the computer objects. In the Group Policy Management Editor, find the policy with the name Start Layout in the section User Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar. Then run Group Policy Management Console (GPMC.msc) and create a new policy or edit the existing one and link it to the users OU. To deploy your Windows 10 Start Menu layout on domain computers using Group Policy (GPO), you need to copy your layout XML file to the NETLOGON directory on the domain controller. Deploying Windows 10 Start Menu Layout using GPO ![]() This XML Start Screen layout will only apply to the new user profiles when they log in for the first time. The main drawback of the Import-StartLayout cmdlet is that it doesn’t import the Start layout to the current user profile, but to the default user profile (the file Layoutmodification.xml appears in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\ directory). ![]()
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