[mssms] Software Center on Start Menu

[Henrique Duran Vitorino Sousa]

Hi there,


I'm trying to customize windows 10 1703 start menu using group policy. I have 
created a default layout and exported it with export-startlayout and then 
applied it using group policy.

When I install windows 10 (using SCCM PXE) from scratch the machine gets the 
policy and the start menu works perfectly. But when I do an in-place upgrade 
from Windows 7 to Windows 10 the start menu misses Software Center Tile and the 
space reserved for software center remains blank.

To configure Software Center on the Start menu I tried using
<start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" 
DesktopApplicationID="Microsoft.SoftwareCenter.DesktopToasts" />

and also

<start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Microsoft System Center\Configuration Manager\Software 
Center.lnk" />

None of them works.

This is my start menu configuration file:


<?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="1" />
  <DefaultLayoutOverride 
LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType="OnlySpecifiedGroups">
    <StartLayoutCollection>
      <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" 
xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout";>
<start:Group Name="Office" 
xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout";>
 <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Microsoft System Center\Configuration Manager\Software 
Center.lnk" />
          <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\System Tools\computer.lnk" />
 <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" 
DesktopApplicationID="Microsoft.SoftwareCenter.DesktopToasts" />
          <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="2" 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox.lnk" />
 <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="2" 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Excel 2016.lnk" />
          <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="2" 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Word 2016.lnk" />
        </start:Group>
      </defaultlayout:StartLayout>
    </StartLayoutCollection>
  </DefaultLayoutOverride>
  <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
    <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
      <taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
<taskbar:DesktopApp 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" />
<taskbar:DesktopApp 
DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox.lnk" />
      </taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
    </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
  </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>



Can any body help?

Atenciosamente,
Henrique Duran