Modern UI popups (aka volume control or Win+P options) not appearing

[howartp]

Hi

We moved to Win11 from Win10 (RM/CC4) this summer.

One issue we've not yet identified is that Modern UI popups (Quick Access, Volume, Win+P) aren't appearing for most usertypes.

 

Any ideas as to which GPOs might be affecting this?  

 

Peter

 

[Steve21]

There’s a few that normally affect that

 

things like blocking action centre/notifications from older OS/GPO

 

AppLocker over blocking as that comes via settings/immersive control panel etc 

 

over blocking of settings via GPO

 

When you run an RSOP of the user what’s applying to it as might be easier to work backwards 

 

Steve

[howartp]

Found it.

"Remove Quick Access" (User Config > Policies > Admin Templates > Start Menu & Taskbar > Remove Quick Settings) was doing its job too well.

 

We had it turned on, partially in testing but seemingly live in other policies, to try and remove the non-working Volume Control icon from the taskbar.  

 

Turning it off allows flyouts to work, and turning off "Desktop > Disable all Items" allowed right-click to work.