Windows 10: Windows Start menu layout.xml - Image location

Hello,We are using a layout.xml file on our DC server that is pushed to each PC via group policy. This was working previously however there is an issue with the image file we are calling. I have no idea why some PCs are able to load the image and some are not, its extremely inconsistent, even if the same user uses the same PCs, and those PCs are all receiving the same group policies.In our script we have: Wide310x150LogoUri="ms-appx:///Assets/310x150bg.png"This file is in our DC Servers NETLOGON/Images folder. I have read through all of microsoft's documentation, and forums for a few hours and

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Adding OneDrive tile to start menu .xml with GPO

Hi Yasir,

Thank you for getting back to me but I have seen that suggestion which will not work for me. That steps suggested to do it manually which I'm trying to pin it to the start layout tile using .xml file via GPO. Below is the path where the OneDrive shortcut
that I'm trying to pin to the start layout tile.

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

 

Start Menu layout modification using LayoutModification xml-file changes to default after restart

Hello,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand it feels frustrating when the modified settings are not working the way they are supposed to.



As you are using LayoutModification
xml file to modify the start menu layout, I suggest you to refer the article
Start layout XML for desktop editions of Windows 10.
Also, you can refer the article Customize Windows
10 Start and taskbar with provisioning packages.



However, since the issue is related to modifying the start menu layout through a
LayoutModification xml-file on multiple systems, I request you to post your query at
TechNet forums, where we have experts on start menu
modifications.



Hope it helps.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Windows 10 Start Menu Layout

So I'm trying to update my users' start layouts using Group Policy Management. All computers are running Windows 10 v1903.

When we first got the computers, I deployed a custom image through MDT to do all of the setup, including the start menu layout and taskbar layout and made a GPO to enforce it. This applied a partial layout to the start menu and taskbar, so users could still
add things. Now, nothing I do will get my new start menu GPO to apply. I've tried different link locations for it within GPM, I've looked in the registry settings and manually changed the XML path from the old one to my new one, I've tried changing the XML
itself by adding and removing lines to see if that might be the issue but nothing has worked.

I'm not really sure where to go from here. Any ideas?