Start Menu GPO not working

[Tom_P]

Hey!

 

I know there are a gazzilion threads about customising Windows 10 start menus but I'm lost as to where im going wrong..

 

I have got my exported xml file that is in a shared location and I've configured a user policy to apply the xml file to new users. However it does not apply the start menu even though gpresult is showing the policy has applied successfully.

 

If i manually place the xml file in "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell" the start menu gets applied. i can also browse to the share where the XML is located as the logged in user. So I know the xml file and permissions are fine.

 

I am testing this with Win 10 Education - 21H2.

 

Any ideas?

 

Many thanks,

Tom.

[FN-GM]

What if you put the file on the local C drive and ping the GPO to that?

[georgeescott]

I have got my exported xml file that is in a shared location

 

What’s the shared location? Is it a mapped drive or the domain share or something?

[Tom_P]

Thank you for your suggestion but I've found the issue.. It works untill i add the taskbar customisation to the xml file.

 

Ive copied my xml below. Can anyone see where i've gone wrong?

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

         
         
         
         
         
         
               

         
         
         
       
     
   
     

     
       
         
         
       
     
   

Edited August 15, 2022 by Tom_P