Windows 10: Reset or remove imported startlayout.xml

Hello.


W10 1709. How can I remove imported startlayour.xml in order to enable the user could pin and unpin apps. Starlayour has been imported in tasksequence, when imaging, is not being applied by gpo.


Thanks in advance.


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Using "Import-StartLayout" to customize the Start Menu for Windows 10 Pro build 1709 (XML)

I've been trying all day to find the arcane formula that is needed to make this actually work but have not had any success. I'm trying to customize the new user Start Menu using the "Import-StartLayout" PowerShell tool. I need to include pinned items for
"Documents", "Pictures", "Music" and "Devices and Printers" (all of these are .lnk files).

I started by building the Start Menu I needed then used "Export-StartLayout" to generate the XML. The exported XML looks fine and I get no errors at all when importing it. Logging in with a new user will show some of the items from the custom Start Menu
but none of the links I mentioned above. The spaces where those links should appear are just blank. I've even simplified the XML to only include the links above and that causes the new user to see no pinned tiles at all; only the primary Start Menu. Here is
the simplified XML that results in no pinned items:

<LayoutModificationTemplate 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">

<LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" />

<DefaultLayoutOverride>

<StartLayoutCollection>

<defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6">

<start:Group Name="">

<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Documents.lnk" />

<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Music.lnk" />

<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Pictures.lnk" />

</start:Group>

</defaultlayout:StartLayout>

</StartLayoutCollection>

</DefaultLayoutOverride>

</LayoutModificationTemplate>

In this example I've copied the .lnk files into "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" but I've also tried them in a dozen other locations all with the same result. The paths are valid for the new user because after login I can copy/paste
them into "Run" and it will open the correct folder (Pictures, Music, etc).

Has anyone successfully added these links to a customized Start Menu with build 1709 using XML applied with "Import-StartLayout"? If so, could you answer the following (please be exact/precise):

• What does your XML look like?
• Where did you place the .lnk files?
• Did you create the .lnk files for Pictures, Music, etc or copy them from another starting location?
  

 

Import-StartLayout doesn't change anything

I'm trying to create a layout template on Windows 10 using the Export/Import-StartLayout commands.

Here's what I've done.

1. Open an admin PowerShell window.
   
2. Run Export-StartLayout -Path layout.xml.
   
3. Unpin some tiles from my start menu
   
4. Run Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath layout.xml -MountPath C:\
   

When I look at my start menu now, the tiles I remove haven't come back. The Import command gives me no errors.

Am I using the commands wrong? Is there something else I need to do before/afterwards?

Here's the contents of layout.xml

 

Remove live tiles via GPO Win 10 Pro


Hello,

I am stuck.

I have created a customized start screen .xml with the export-startlayout command.

I placed the file in a share, I configured the GPO to import that .xml file.

When I log in, I get the two groups I specified, but, the two default live tile groups are still there. 'Life at a glance' and 'Play and Explore'

I found the steps here:
Customize Windows 10 Start with Group Policy (Windows 10)

But I must be missing something, as I don't want to have to go to each machine to remove these groups after I install Win 10 on all of the workstations.

Thank you.