[2004, 20h2] Removing the Mail icon from the taskbar on new profile?

[supportman]

Hi all,

 

One of the very last things with windows 10 is its constant insistence of creating a Mail app icon on a new users profile and sticking it to the taskbar.

 

 

Is there any way to stop this from being created via Group Policy of any other reg hack?

[Arthur]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-and-export-start-layout

 

www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/205561-taskbar-pinned-applications-not-appearing-startlayout.html#post1757040

 

Do you already have a Start Layout XML file?

[supportman]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-and-export-start-layout

 

www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/205561-taskbar-pinned-applications-not-appearing-startlayout.html#post1757040

 

Do you already have a Start Layout XML file?

 

Unfortunately not, I tried it but kept corrupting on windows 10 upgrades.

[Arthur]

Unfortunately not, I tried it but kept corrupting on windows 10 upgrades.

The other way to do it would be via the following GPO, but this will affect all Windows Store apps pinned to the taskbar.

 

https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.TaskBar2::ShowWindowsStoreAppsOnTaskbar

[supportman]

Nice! Thanks will give it a try.

[Deanuk]

Hi all,

 

One of the very last things with windows 10 is its constant insistence of creating a Mail app icon on a new users profile and sticking it to the taskbar.

 

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Is there any way to stop this from being created via Group Policy of any other reg hack?

 

I was looking at this yesterday.

 

Firstly change the Following GPO:

 

User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar

Remove pinned programs from the Taskbar Disabled

Remove pinned programs list from the Start Menu Enabled

Start Layout Enabled

 

Point the start menu to a share with the following xml: (or, edit current start menu xml with the following)

 

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"
xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"
xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"
xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"
Version="1">
   
       
           
             
             
		  
          
       
   

 

 

That will remove mail for you and you can your own apps by editing the above code.

[KK20]

I had a spate of issues with the startlayout once, my notes say "use notepad and utf8 but dont use notepad++". I havent had any issues using notepad to save our layout.

[DrBeaker]

It's not as though they couldn't just add GPOs for those specific items in the next version of Windows. Bad Microsoft

[mullet_man]

It's very annoying it would be nice if it removed itself once Office was installed or it was replaced by the Outlook icon.

 

I see a few staff using it as they've obviously clicked the mail icon and then signing into there emails.