Windows 10 LTSB 2016

[lmrogers]

Morning,

 

I am just looking at deploying Windows 10 LTSB 2016 but there are 2 little niggles. When a user logs in, it always opens the default web browser, and also does anyone know the group policy to add file explorer to the start menu?

 

Cheers

[StevieM]

Do you mean that you want to change the default web browser for all users? If so, this is what I did.

 

Change the default programs on the admin account and export the results to an xml file using PowerShell.

Dism /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:\\[file location]\AppAssoc.xml

Then, configure GPO to point to it.

Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/File Explorer/Set a default associations configurations file

It doesn't work the first time the user logs on, as the registry keys haven't been created before the policy applies, but it works every time they log on after that.

 

I'm sure someone else may have a better answer, but I hope this helps.

 

EDIT: I did this on Windows 10 Education not LTSB, but it should work the same way... I think!

Edited January 24, 2017 by StevieM

[lmrogers]

I've changed the default web browser and set my default apps. But when a users logs in when the computer has just been booted up it just loads up msn.com and I need to stop that.

[Arthur]

But when a users logs in when the computer has just been booted up it just loads up msn.com and I need to stop that.

There are some solutions near the bottom of this thread...

 

www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/178850-windows-10-opening-browser-first-login.html

 

See last post for the GPO.

Edited January 24, 2017 by Arthur

[KevinB]

I had that too when we switched to 1607 / LTSB 2016.

 

There's a policy setting which will stop it:

 

[lmrogers]

Thanks for the answers on the browser opening at login, I added that policy and it resolved that issue. The other issue I'm having now is that it is asking users "How do you want to open this website" when they open an internet shortcut for the first time. If they log off and then log in again the prompt goes away and it just opens in the default browser. Has anyone seen this before?

[ItsOggy]

Hi, I had all sorts of quirks with LTSB, I ended up doing it the old fashioned way, as my students don't have profiles, they just create a local one when logging in, I customised the default profile on the build, but without CopyProfile as some changes didn't come through, this thread talks about it as is not as simple as it used to be:

 

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1116739-customizing-windows-10-default-profile-w-o-copyprofile

 

Solved most of the quirks!

[Liam]

I think I'm there now. Granted, it's really been a pain messing with ref keys etc etc but seems stable now. Just wish I could completely get rid of the sign in animation (I have hidden it) .kids log in in bout 15 seconds but it's 4 seconds on 7. Even managed to get thenstart screen working with IE too using unc paths. Works every time. Operation test now for us in a classroom or two