sted Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 has anyone found a way to do this yet? redirected start menu appears to fail gpp copy shortcuts appears to fail as a fair number of progs i have run of the r drive i dont want to manually install them on each win 8 box (and would probably fudge up save locations) also want to remove certain things like mail and weather for example
andy_nic Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 To remove/block a app you have to use app locker, but I think its only available on windows 8 enterprise as the dll's are missing from other versions. I think if you block a app it will be removed from the start menu. As for adding a to the From testing windows 8 only the users who installs the programs get tiles added on their start menu without having to pin them. all other users have to go to all apps and then pin it. however the settings for each users start menu if I remember correctly is stored in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windo ws and a file called appsFolder.itemdata-ms however copying this file into others users profiles can produce very strange results. and we gave up on this method. somesome did mention it is possible by GPO but i have yet to find a way with windows 8.
sted Posted October 25, 2012 Author Posted October 25, 2012 How to Customize the Start Screen? i dont want to have to rebuild/sysprep a pc to add an icon
pritchardavid Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 Yes this is very annoying to being able to do this, I hope i'm wrong. We use APP-V so every time a user logs in, it adds it to the start screen. There doesn't seem to configure this remotely. We wouldn't meant it adding to the start screen, but it doesn't add each different folder to a named group. For example app-v create on windows 7 folders, ie english, maths etc and the software in the correct folder. So what we would like is it to group it automatically on the start screen.
sted Posted October 25, 2012 Author Posted October 25, 2012 i did see a script but i couldnt get it to work then when i did it added notepad in an infinite loop lol
jamesfed Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 Microsofts latest take on not making it easy to config the pinned items in Windows 7 by the sounds of it. But then again if the user can get to all of their applications through search what is the need to make it a mandated thing after all Windows is 'personal again'
Arthur Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 also want to remove certain things like mail and weather for example There's a good post on The Deployment Guys blog about removing apps. Removing Built-in Applications from Windows 8 If you want to remove all of the built-in applications then you can use the following simple PowerShell commands: Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –online Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage However I often want to leave some of the applications in the image, I need granular control. In this case you need to find the PackageFullName value for each application and then remove each app individually. Getting this information can be a tedious process so I have created a script that you can use to remove the applications. This script works for both X84 and X64 versions of the Windows 8. I usually comment out the lines for the apps that I want to keep and then add the script to the MDT task sequence that I use to create my master image. The script is included below: if([intPtr]::Size -eq 4) { # This is an x86 OS - Remove provisioned package for all users remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Bing_1.2.0.137_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingNews_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingSports_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingWeather_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Camera_6.2.8514.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Reader_6.2.8516.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16.4.4206.722_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package microsoft.windowsphotos_16.4.4204.712_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneVideo_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient_2.3.1662.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online # Remove installed apps for Local Administrator remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Bing_1.2.0.137_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingNews_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingSports_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingWeather_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Camera_6.2.8514.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Reader_6.2.8516.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16.4.4206.722_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package microsoft.windowsphotos_16.4.4204.712_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneVideo_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient_2.3.1662.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe } Else { # This is an x64 OS – Remove provisioned package for all users remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –package Microsoft.Bing_1.2.0.137_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingNews_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingSports_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingWeather_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Camera_6.2.8514.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Reader_6.2.8516.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16.4.4206.722_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package microsoft.windowsphotos_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneVideo_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient_2.3.1662.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient_2.3.1662.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online # Remove installed apps for Local Administrator remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Bing_1.2.0.137_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingNews_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingSports_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingWeather_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Camera_6.2.8514.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Reader_6.2.8516.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16.4.4206.722_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package microsoft.windowsphotos_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneVideo_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient_2.3.1662.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient_2.3.1662.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe }
Arthur Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 Windows 8 Start Screen Customization with MDT « The Deployment Guys AppsFolderLayout.bin is the file that stores the layout of the Start Screen. 1
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