windows:forcestartmenulayout

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Start Menu Layout

It seems like the only way to set the initial start tile layout is to force the layout using group policy. This has the advantage that it is static meaning that it can not be changed. So for restricted users like students this might be a good thing, but for staff it is less than desirable.

Setup

First customize your start menu tiles until they are arranged to your liking.
Then open Powershell

In powershell run the command

Export-StartLayout -Path C:\Users\defaultstartlayout.xml

Then open gpedit.msc (local) or the your target gpo in Group Policy Management (ADS)
Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
Then edit Start Screen Layout
Enable the policy and put the path of the xml file you exported in step 3 (C:\Users\defaultstartlayout.xml for this example)

windows/forcestartmenulayout.1448468930.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/11/25 10:28 by tschulz