talksr Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 Hi there, I have figured that there has to be an answer out there somewhere... I have managed to customise my Windows 10 Start Menu without any issue, but I am really struggling to find a way to export my Customised Taskbar settings out from a Windows 10 system so I can then add them to a StartMenu.xml to be used in the "Start Layout" part of Group Policy under Policy>User Config>Administrative Templates>Start Menu & Task Bar>Start Layout. Does anyone know if it is possible to export the Taskbar setting so I can copy and paste them into the XML I am using. When I currently export using powershell: Export-StartLayout -path C:\StartLayout10.xml This is what I am getting: This is my customised Start Menu, but no mention of Taskbar on this export.
sted Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 so you are trying to add chrome say to the quicklaunch bar? iirc its just a folder in the users profile but off hand cant remember where exactly 1
atcoates Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 Is this any help? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar 1
Popular Post Arthur Posted January 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) This is my customised Start Menu, but no mention of Taskbar on this export. Export-StartLayout only does the Start Menu. You need to add the taskbar XML separately. The bits I have added to your XML are shown in red. [color="#FF0000"][/color] xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" [color="#FF0000"]xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" [/color] xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" Version="1"> [color="#FF0000"] [/color] Edited January 3, 2018 by Arthur 5
talksr Posted January 3, 2018 Author Posted January 3, 2018 Export-StartLayout only does the Start Menu. You need to add the taskbar XML separately. The bits I have added to your XML are shown in red. [color="#FF0000"][/color] xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" [color="#FF0000"]xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" [/color] xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" Version="1"> [color="#FF0000"] [/color] Thanks everyone for your help on this. Ok, I took the code you edited, but I removed IE from taskbar, as I don't want that on there. I saved this, rebooted test computer and logged in, the desktop just keeps flashing every second, I can't click on anything and the task bar has no icons at all. Any ideas? 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"
Arthur Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) Any ideas? There are several errors in your new XML file. The main one being: Blank lines aren't allowed either. Try the attached version. StartLayout.zip Edited January 3, 2018 by Arthur 1
talksr Posted January 3, 2018 Author Posted January 3, 2018 Thanks everyone for your help on this. Ok, I took the code you edited, but I removed IE from taskbar, as I don't want that on there. I saved this, rebooted test computer and logged in, the desktop just keeps flashing every second, I can't click on anything and the task bar has no icons at all. Any ideas? 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" Ah sorry, my mistake, I think something went wrong when I copied, have tried again and it works perfectly now. Thanks for your help.
Steve21 Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 The bits I have added to your XML are shown in red. Thought I was going mad trying to get the taskbar to work until I found this post and realised there was a new line in the schema added! Just kept getting a loop black explorer crash until the added schema line That teaches me for skim reading websites! Thanks, Steve
Arthur Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Thought I was going mad trying to get the taskbar to work until I found this post and realised there was a new line in the schema added! Yeah. That caught me out once too. I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't add the taskbar schema to the output of Export-StartLayout? It really is a no brainer! 1
jmak Posted May 2, 2018 Posted May 2, 2018 Two steps forward and one step back with this. I've had the Start Menu "partial layout" working the way I want it for a while (don't want to question why it works for me when so many others are struggling...), but I want to get the Taskbar shortcuts sorted too. I've used the script @Arthur posted above and tweaked it to match what I was already deploying and the restricted area is still populating the way I want it, but I'm now getting additional columns which have apps I don't want in them. Images and xml files below. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? My working version gives this (spaces are where I don't have applications installed that are in my Start Menu - bottom section is user configurable) : xml file generating this is:- - - - - Almost working version gives this: From xml file: - - - - - - - - The Taskbar bit is now working - just could do without the extra column in the Start Menu Thanks
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