Windows 10 LTSC Registry/Group Policy Changes

[TippsAttack]

Hello! Brand new here. I am a lowly IT support specialist for a University. Our higher up tech who knew how to do all this left and didn't train anyone, so I've been thrown into the deep end and I'm trying to figure out how to do all this. Please forgive me for any ignorance on my part.

 

With that said, I am currently building an image for LTSC (1809) and, without CopyPorfile=true (it doesn't work anymore in Windows 10 1903 or above) entry in my Answer file, I have to make a lot of changes manually. Registry and GP are the only ways I know how to do this. Your assistance here is very helpful, thank you.

 

Do you happen to know how to disable ""show recently used files in Quick access" and "Shoe frequently used folders in Quick access" and set "this PC" as default for File Explorer?

 

Thank you so much!

[JordanT91]

Hello! Brand new here. I am a lowly IT support specialist for a University. Our higher up tech who knew how to do all this left and didn't train anyone, so I've been thrown into the deep end and I'm trying to figure out how to do all this. Please forgive me for any ignorance on my part.

 

With that said, I am currently building an image for LTSC (1809) and, without CopyPorfile=true (it doesn't work anymore in Windows 10 1903 or above) entry in my Answer file, I have to make a lot of changes manually. Registry and GP are the only ways I know how to do this. Your assistance here is very helpful, thank you.

 

Do you happen to know how to disable ""show recently used files in Quick access" and "Shoe frequently used folders in Quick access" and set "this PC" as default for File Explorer?

 

Thank you so much!

 

The way I do it is create a GPO for your users (remember to assign it to your computers as well, or it won't run). You need change a registry key (User Configuration, Preferences, Windows Settings, Registry) to set HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\LaunchTo to 1 instead of 2. This will make Explorer open up to 'This PC' instead of 'Quick Access'

[TippsAttack]

Thank you. I've created this already, but it won't apply to some users/computers and I am unable to figure out why. With that said, I have a few policies that aren't applying, so I think something is wonky with my Group Policy Manager atm. Still trying to figure it out. The guy I mentioned that left... yeah... he knew Group Policy as well. :/

I've been left in quite the pickle lol

[JordanT91]

You can simulate Group Policy by using the Group Policy Modeling and Group Policy Results tools in Group Policy Management. They can be useful for troubleshooting. You can also do gpresult /h gpreport.html in command prompt to run a report on an actual computer, to check exactly which policies are being applied or rejected. The thing you need to remember is that even if you are only configuring a user policy, and applying it to a user group, you need to be applying it to the computers those users are logging in on as well, or it won't work anymore.

[TippsAttack]

I've been using gpresult /h (thank you Google) for a while, which is how I know many of my policies aren't applying, but I have not heard of GP Modeeling & Results before. I'll Google this immediately and look into it.

 

Thank you!