this will allow you to have a custom menu and let the users customize it after the fact too
https://www.windows-noob.com/forums/topic/12973-how-can-i-deploy-a-customized-windows-10-start-menu-using-system-center-2012-r2-sp1-configuration-manager/ On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Klish, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > How can that be done though? That’s really what I want, but I don’t think > that is possible unless you re-use the default group names. If you import > a partial layout then it will Add the groups you define and they will be > locked. It will not remove the default groups called “Play and Explore” > and “Life at a Glance”. So my only option would be to reuse those same > group names which would redefine what is in those groups. I can’t however > remove those silly names and use my own groups without doing a full start > screen layout and effectively locking the entire thing in the process. > > > > Why is it not possible to just remove a group in the layout.xml? I don’t > want the silly default group names, but I do want to give them a default > starting point that makes sense for business. Does anyone know how to do > that? > > > > > > Brian Klish > > Systems Administrator > > Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation > > Morrisville State College > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Owen > *Sent:* Thursday, October 27, 2016 4:52 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MDT-OSD] RE: Windows 10 Custom Start Menu & InPlaceUpgrade > > > > The way we attacked this for our customer was to import the layout for the > default user, then allow the users to do to the layout what they wished. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Klish, Brian <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yes Jeff, but I’m not sure that fully satisfies the customization > request. Yesterday I was looking in to this and you have two options per > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/ > customize-and-export-start-layout. > ------------------------------ > > > > *When a full Start layout is applied, the users cannot pin, unpin, or > uninstall apps from Start. Users can view and open all apps in the All > Apps view, but they cannot pin any apps to Start.* > > *When a partial Start layout > <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/customize-and-export-start-layout#configure-a-partial-start-layout> > is > applied, the contents of the specified tile groups cannot be changed, but > users can move those groups, and can also create and customize their own > groups.* > ------------------------------ > > So if the request is that users can customize their start menu then it > doesn’t sound like that’s 100% possible, but it’s partially possible. A > partial Start layout definition would allow them to customize the parts you > did not define if I understand it correctly. The parts you define would be > locked in by the sound of it. I have not done this yet myself. > > > > > > > > Brian Klish > > Systems Administrator > > Morrisville Auxiliary Corporation > > Morrisville State College > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Jerousek, Jeff > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 12, 2016 11:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] RE: Windows 10 Custom Start Menu & InPlaceUpgrade > > > > You can use the PowerShell command to deploy a customized start menu .xml > before the user logs on again for the first time after the upgrade. > > > > Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath .\ Win10.xml -MountPath C:\ > > > > Thanks, > > Jeff Jerousek <[email protected]> > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Trond > Karstensen > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 12, 2016 5:20 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] Windows 10 Custom Start Menu & InPlaceUpgrade > > > > Hi. > > > > On Windows 10 projects we are usually deploying a customized Windows 10 > Start Menu when deploying new computers. > > This works very well for new computers (using dism and importing the xml > file). > > > > Is there a way to apply a custom start menu when doing in-place-upgrade ? > > By using dism it will only apply the custom start menu to new profiles, so > not very useful when profiles are migrated by the migration process. > > I know you can enforce a start menu by Group Policy, but then users will > not be able to customize the start menu so that is not a good option. > > > > Regards > > Trond > > > > >
