[1803, au] Windows 10 Custom Image Created / Windows Store Apps not opening for new users -

[mattpant]

I wonder if somebody could help me out on an issue I appear to be having… I've googled around and can't see anything specific to this problem.

 

I built a Windows 10 1803 image on a virtual machine, entered into Audit Mode, I was able to do Windows Updates OK (Which never used to work in Audit Mode last time I tried in previous versions)– and I added additional software to the setup. I didn’t run any scripts to remove any of the built in Windows Store apps as I wanted to keep them in for this image. I then ran a Sysprep & Capture Task from MDT to upload the captured WIM file to my deployment server – everything appeared to work OK – I didn’t get any errors in Sysprep, I was expecting something to break here with the Windows Store Apps... has something changed in 1803 or Audit Mode to stop them from updating??

 

Anyway… When I deploy my custom image, again, this all happens OK,, it’s connected to the domain, no issues, log on as a domain user – the software I included in the image works no problem – but if I try clicking on one of the Windows Store App’s from the start menu or layout, (Store, Mail, Photos, Calendar, Film & TV, Groove Music, Video Editor etc etc) the icon dims out and you have a white progress bar appears, as if it’s trying to install the app for the user, but it just sits there doing nothing… you can leave it all day and it does nothing.

 

If I go into Windows Settings – Apps – None of these Windows Store Apps appear in the list (Some websites mentioned about going into advanced settings and reset the app, but they’re not listed to do that)

 

I’ve also tried running the command wsreset command with no luck.

 

If I log in as the local admin account – these Windows Store Apps work fine,

 

Any ideas or tips as to what’s broken?? And how I can fix it?!?!

 

Thanks,

 

Matt

[Jonah]

Are you using roaming or mandatory profiles for your domain users?

 

If so you may need to enable the following group policy setting: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > App Package Deployment > Allow deployment operations in special profiles

Edited July 31, 2018 by Jonah

[mattpant]

Thanks for the reply - for these particular machines that the image is being deployed to they are using local profiles...

[mattpant]

I've just tried re-imaging a machine using the same image but removed the CopyProfile=true from the answer file and the Windows Store Apps load up without the issue.

 

But still a little unsure as to why they don't work with the CopyProfile enabled as that's a process supported by Microsoft!

 

-EDIT-

 

Weirdly... I've just tried one of the machines that wasn't working yesterday and that is now working fine with NO changes made to it - but another machine that wasn't working, still isn't working! This is weird - nothing showing up in Event Viewer etc etc

 

Slightly baffled!

Edited August 1, 2018 by mattpant

[Arthur]

But still a little unsure as to why they don't work with the CopyProfile enabled as that's a process supported by Microsoft!

I could never get CopyProfile to work either so I stopped using it. It is more trouble than it's worth!

 

Microsoft also wrote a blog post about it breaking the Start Menu...

 

https://www.edugeek.net/showthread.php?t=194165

 

I customize the default user profile through my SCCM TS now.

[mattpant]

Thanks Arthur...

 

I don't seem to have an issue with the actual start menu - that opens up no problem - and Cortana / Search I have no issues with. Just the App's are very hit and miss at the mo!

 

To be honest, there doesn't seem much to do on the profile these days that requires the copy profile that can't be done via Group Policys... I have Desktop Icons pushed out via GP - and trying to get the Start Layout xml file to apply to these machines

[mattpant]

It's now doing something completely weird...

 

When I run the Task Scheduler - I manually enter the computer name - this show's up in MDT on the monitoring with the name I set... but when the task has finished, the computer has been named as something random - WIN-39TTC3Q8CKB... I have no idea where it's picking the name up from!?!

 

Anyone??

 

Ignore that now - I've recreated the task and it seems to have fixed the Computer Name issue

Edited August 1, 2018 by mattpant