This is what I've used for all Windows 10 versions (minus the taskbar part).
I've not experienced this problem with Software Center, but I have with
Internet Explorer randomly. I always apply it during the TS using the GPO has
never been a consistent experience for me.
<?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="2" />
<DefaultLayoutOverride>
<StartLayoutCollection>
<defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6"
xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout";>
<start:Group Name="PC"
xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout";>
<start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0"
DesktopApplicationID="Microsoft.Windows.RemoteDesktop" />
<start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0"
DesktopApplicationID="Microsoft.SoftwareCenter.DesktopToasts" />
Thanks,
Jeff Jerousek<mailto:[email protected]>
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Henrique Duran Vitorino Sousa
Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:30 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mssms] Re: Software Center on Start Menu
Does anybody have seen this behavior before? Missing tiles on start-layout
after in-place upgrade?
Atenciosamente,
Henrique Duran
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Enviado: sexta-feira, 2 de junho de 2017 11:27:24
Para: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Assunto: [mssms] Software Center on Start Menu
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
