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Didn't know there was a mention button! I just type @ followed by the username. So @howartp

Depends not what you need the software to do. Do you need to assess or purely capture observations? We use Tapestry in year 1 but don't add assessments.

Just as an aside, following a previous comment, if you have an EES agreement then SCCM is peanuts to add on.

Rather than muck around creating an msi I just called a script (exit code optional, that's just there for sccm). @echo off REM Run the VLC installer "\vlc-2.2.1-win64.exe" /language=en_GB /S REM Removes the Desktop icon if exist "%public%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk" del "%public%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk" /S REM Return exit code to SCCM exit /B %EXIT_CODE% and to uninstall @echo off REM Uninstall VLC if exist "%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe" "%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe"/S

If you need a reliable contact ask Kate @Millgate she really knows her licensing onions.

Done: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/163286-windows-10-start-menu-working-solution-7.html#post1413938

Here is an example of our student start menu running on a test machine (ignore the bits like games, they are removed on production machines). I have removed the 'all programs' link and built the menu in the 'pinned items' areas of Classic Shell using gpps. More details below. By default Classic Shell has its own folder that contains pinned items (per user) located at '%AppData%\Classic Shell\Pinned'. By copying shortcuts into this folder we can build our own menu. I use Group Policy Preferences to copy shortcuts so we can build a customised menu per user. As we are a primary school I can make a very simple start menu for the younger pupils consisting of the few bits of software that they use. You can also create submenus in the pinned area by specifying sub-folders in the gpps (e.g. copy a shortcut to Word to '%AppData%\ClassicShell\Pinned\Office'. To avoid dead links you can also use item level targeting to check that the program is installed. I've tested this and the creation of the start menu using this fashion doesn't seem to effect logon times much. Using this method provides a much more flexible method for creating a start menu than the native Win 10 menu. Hope this helps someone

If anyone is interested, this is a snip of one my test machines, ignore the stuff on the right of the menu, most of it is removed for production machines. What I wanted to demonstrate is the menu built from gpps using Classic Shell.

Al was with Andy at the time, he was riding in Al's shirt pocket.

Personally I think that running one powershell command on a wim is less hassle than configuring app locker with the names of the apps you want to restrict. Totally onboard with classic shell. Our students now get a menu that's built in the 'pinned apps' area of the start menu and the 'all programs' link removed. I used gpps to determine what is installed and place shortcuts accordingy. You can even make folders to group apps together. Its so easy to add a link to a newly installed app compared to the native start menu.

A whitelist. Because its a whitelist

So, after working perfectly, the latest update brings the daily crashing 'feature' back. Not amused. Anyone else suffering?

Thanks to Al @VeryPC for revealing on camera that he is in fact the tallest man in existence. Good work!

Build 10586 Can't say I remember it happening with the previous build. If I look in the event log I can see a long list of services crashing and trying to restart but no clue as to why causing it.

Just to note that, at least for me during testing this setting, this only seems to effect the initial login. Users who login before this setting is applied continue to get the tiles in their Start Menu. Of course YMMV

It appears that we are having an intermittent issue with initial logons with Win 10. Basically, every so often, when a user logs onto a machine for the first time they get a blue screen with "System cannot connect to notification service" and then get logged out again. If they try and log in again, the logon takes ages (a few minutes) and they get a desktop but with no group policy applied. If rather than trying to login again they reboot the machine they can login fine with all GPs applied. Anyone else seen this?

So. What time does the stream start?

Awesome work as always @Arthur

You'll need to tell powershell to allow unsigned scripts with: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted You can change it back afterward if it bothers you to have it left like that.

I used the wim from the disk but honestly don't know if it's safer. IIRC candy crush is a link to install rather than the actual app so it doesn't get removed. But there are posts on here on how to remove those links as well. Post back if you need any help.

I used this powershell script to remove apps from the wim: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Removing-Built-in-apps-65dc387b I ran it in the interactive mode so I could choose what to remove and what to keep.

I too never got the start menu to work reliably. IMO Classic Start is what the MS Start Menu should have been. I can't recommend using it enough and saving your sanity.

Meeting people you are familiar with online in real life is super weird. Also you have to remember if you have insulted them at any point in the past

Doesn't directly answer your question, but I am creating a menu in the pinned items area and hiding the all programs link. That way users get shortcut to all the apps they need with out all the clutter of things they don't.

Here's what I used: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Removing-Built-in-apps-65dc387b I ran it in the interactive mode so I could choose what to remove and what to keep.