califpearl

Just found out you are right as when I logged on with my admin account the export command worked without any issues. I also found out that when I installed the Windows 10 ADMX file at the same time I mistakenly checked the wrong option and I lost all my tiles of the user account that I originally attempted to export but after struggling most of yesterday I was able to restore that account and all of the start tiles. Thanks again!

Let me experiment and respond, thanks!

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Set-Location $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop Export-StartLayout -Path .\layout.xml Set-Location : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'C:\Users\Leon\Desktop'. At line:1 char:1 + Set-Location $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop Export-StartLayout -Path .\layo ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [set-Location], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand

I didn't know that. Thank you for your help and patience.

No I use a different account with administrative privileges. When accessing PowerShell I select ISE right click > more > run as administrator.

Using Windows 10 Pro build from last July.

Copied a txt file from the desktop to the stated path.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:USERPROFILE)\layout.xml" Export-StartLayout : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) At line:1 char:1 + Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:USERPROFILE)\layout.xml" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStartL ayoutCommand In the Powershell windows it states Administrator in the upper left corner.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:USERPROFILE)\documents\layout.xml" Export-StartLayout : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) At line:1 char:1 + Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:USERPROFILE)\documents\layout.xml" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStartL ayoutCommand

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:annan_000)\documents\layout.xml" Export-StartLayout : The path C:\documents\layout.xml did not resolve to a file. At line:1 char:1 + Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:annan_000)\documents\layout.xml" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], DirectoryNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStar tLayoutCommand I tried removing \documents and received PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:annan_000)\layout.xml" Export-StartLayout : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) At line:1 char:1 + Export-StartLayout -Path:"$($env:annan_000)\layout.xml" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStartL ayoutCommand

Thanks for all your help and patience!

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Export-Startlayout –path: "C:\startmenu\layout.xml" Export-Startlayout : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) At line:1 char:1 + Export-Startlayout –path: "C:\startmenu\layout.xml" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStartL ayoutCommand

Created layout folder under users to no avail. Export-Startlayout –path "C:\users\layout\layout.xml" Export-Startlayout : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) At line:1 char:1 + Export-Startlayout –path "C:\users\layout\layout.xml" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStartL ayoutCommand

Created a folder as suggested to no avail. Export-Startlayout : The path C:\Windows\users\annan_000\desktop\layout\layout.xml did not resolve to a file.

In the upper left hand corner of the powershell window it states: Administrator: Windows PowerShell ISE. Since I am logged on as a standard user do I need to logon with my admin credentials?

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Export-Startlayout –path C:\layout.xml Export-Startlayout : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) At line:1 char:1 + Export-Startlayout –path C:\layout.xml + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStartL ayoutCommand Thinking about the error message I just tried set-execution unrestricted to no avail.

I have tried the aforementioned responses using a normal and elevated prompt to no avail. I have tried executing the command to the root of C to no avail. I have tried executing with and without the : after the path command to no avail. I have tried removing the -As XML at the end of the path to no avail. I have tried using the | instead of -Path with and without the colon to no avail. I have tried creating a dummy file to no avail and the error messages are all the same "did not resolve to a file." I want to thank all of you for your time as the command just will not resolve for me for whatever reason.

Thanks again for your patience and help but... PS C:\> Export-StartLayout -Path:"C:\Windows\Users\annan_000\desktop\tiles.xml" Export-StartLayout : The path C:\Windows\Users\annan_000\desktop\tiles.xml did not resolve to a file. At line:1 char:1 + Export-StartLayout -Path:"C:\Windows\Users\annan_000\desktop\tiles.xm ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( [Export-StartLayout], DirectoryNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStar tLayoutCommand Could the issue be that I do not have a tiles.xml file on the desktop and that's why I am receiving the aforementioned message? I even tried creating a dummy file through notepad++ and saved it to the desktop to no avail.

Thank you for your quick reply. I then accessed the PowerShell v5 help menu and attempted to export to the following path then receiving the following error. PS C:\> Export-StartLayout -Path "C:\Windows\Users\annan_000\desktop\tiles.xml" -AS XML Export-StartLayout : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'AS'. At line:1 char:73 + ... rtLayout -Path "C:\Windows\Users\annan_000\desktop\tiles.xml" -AS XML + ~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( [Export-StartLayout], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.StartLayout.Commands.ExportStartLayoutCommand Any idea where I went wrong?

I have researched many sites on how to backup the tiles I have pinned to no avail. Is there a way to accomplish this in case of a crash?