Windows 10: Specify The Order Of Taskbar Icons In A Managed Taskbar Layout XML File

Hi,

I have a start and taskbar modification .xml file that is used with group policy for users and everything is working fine. The only issue is that regardless of the order I specified, Microsoft Edge and File Explorer always end up on the left. Every other icon respects the order of my .xml file.

Here's a sample of my taskbar modification section:

</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\Google Chrome.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="\\Whatever\NETLOGON\Windows 10 Start Tile Layout\32-Bit\Skype for Business.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="\\Whatever\NETLOGON\Windows 10 Start Tile Layout\32-Bit\Microsoft Teams.lnk" /> <taskbaresktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="\\Whatever\NETLOGON\Windows 10 Start Tile Layout\32-Bit\Outlook.lnk" /> </taskbar:TaskbarPinList> </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

As per my layout the order should be: "File Explorer, Edge, Chrome, SFB, Teams, Outlook". Instead it shows up as "Edge, File Explorer, Chrome, SFB, Teams, Outlook". Regardless of where I place Edge and File Explorer, they always go on the left in the order of Edge then File Explorer. It was the same with Legacy Edge too. It seems it is following Microsoft's default taskbar layout, despite me using the "PinListPlacement="Replace" command.

Has anyone ever found a way to manually specify the order other than treating the top as left and bottom as right?

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