Windows 10: New Edge (Chromium) taskbar icon not honoring order placement in Layout.xml file (1909)

Very specific (nitpicky) but also very odd issue. Background: I use SCCM CB to deploy operating systems and apps. I've been doing this for close to 10 years (Desktop Admin) so I know my way around Windows and SCCM. This issue has me going bonkers.

Problem: When using a custom LayoutModification.xml file injected into the OS (and registry) during OSD, all of the taskbar icons are showing up like they should. The order SHOULD be: File Explorer, Edge (new), Firefox, Chrome, Word, Excel. No matter what I do, Edge and File Explorer keep switching spots. I have Edge set to not create ANY shortcuts during install and first user login via master_preferences (also injected after installation in OSD). That part is working.

I think it's because File Explorer and (old) Edge are pinned by default by Windows. However, I have the PinListPlacement="Replace" tag included in my XML file, which SHOULD remove all default pinned apps before pinning the ones I explicitly specify. This has worked on all Windows versions up till now (1909, April 2020 patch rollup). I'm taking a shot in the dark but something tells me new Chromium Edge overwriting old Edge during OSD is making something freak out in the background. I have not tried this process with regular Edge (not installing new Edge).

Below is my LayoutModification.xml content, as well as the Powershell code I use to inject everything during OSD. Everything is working properly...except for these two icons switching themselves around upon login (any user)!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" Version="1" > <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupsColumnCount="2" /> <DefaultLayoutOverride> <StartLayoutCollection> <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6"> <start:Group Name="System"> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Computer.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Control Panel.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Endpoint Manager\Configuration Manager\Software Center.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="4" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Snipping Tool.lnk" /> <start:Tile Size="4x4" Column="0" Row="2" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" /> </start:Group> <start:Group Name="Microsoft Office 365"> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Excel.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Outlook.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PowerPoint.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Publisher.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\OneNote 2016.lnk" /> </start:Group> <start:Group Name="Utility Apps"> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="1" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Acrobat Reader DC.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="3" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\VideoLAN\VLC Media Player.lnk" /> </start:Group> <start:Group Name="Web Browsers"> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Firefox.lnk" /> <startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome.lnk" /> </start:Group> </defaultlayout:StartLayout> </StartLayoutCollection> </DefaultLayoutOverride> <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace"> <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> <taskbar:TaskbarPinList> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Firefox.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Excel.lnk" /> </taskbar:TaskbarPinList> </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection> </LayoutModificationTemplate>

Powershell:

Function SetStartTaskbar { Write-Host "**Setting default Start menu and Taskbar layout ...*" #Create directory for layout file MD "C:\Windows\NSD\Layouts" #Copy layout file to local machine Copy-Item "LayoutModification.xml" "C:\Windows\NSD\Layouts" #Controls whether users can modify the layout or not Reg Add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" /T REG_DWORD /V "LockedStartLayout" /D 0 /F #Set the layout as active Reg Add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /V "StartLayoutFile" /D "C:\Windows\NSD\Layouts\LayoutModification.xml" /F Import-StartLayout –LayoutPath "C:\Windows\NSD\Layouts\LayoutModification.xml" –MountPath C:\ }

I appreciate any input!

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