Start menu tiles and taskbar app pinning / unpinning about win10-initial-setup-script HOT 7 CLOSED

I like that you've done the work, and would like to use it myself... but I also feel it's too complex to include in the base script, even if it is a function.

Perhaps rename the current .ps1 to "ConfigureWindows.ps1" and create a new file called "ConfigureWindowsStartMenu.ps1"? This file could have more disclaimers, its own tweak variable, and executor. This allows most users to easily ignore it.

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As it turns out, %LocalAppData%\TileDataLayer\Database no longer exists on 1709 and the tiles are now likely stored somewhere in Cortana database. Luckily, changes in the registry cache in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CloudStore\Store\Cache\DefaultAccount seem to be permanent now. The tile groups can be purged using some hexediting, so the script does just that without any advanced P/Invoke magic. Let's see for how long will the tweak work :)

If anyone finds a better way, I'm still eager to see it.

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You can do the taskbar pins manually coding an xml file and then running import-startlayout: https://4sysops.com/archives/pin-apps-to-the-taskbar-in-windows-10-1607-with-group-policy/ I wish I could modify the All Apps list and hide things like Edge though without uninstalling it.

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@jszabo98 Yeah, that's the 2nd paragraph in "The Research". The problem here is that you can't create completely empty layout using this approach and the tiles you force via GPO can't be edited by users. :( That's why I've went with the P/Invoke abuse, which gets the work done, but certainly is not what I'd call "elegant".

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You can just set the taskbar pins with powershell import-startlayout, and users can do what they want with it. You're right. I tried to make an empty one, but File Explorer and IE were still there I guess from my last attempt.

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Hi
I'm actually loving this script!
I have been using your example to remove all Start Menu Tiles from Win10 :)

I've also been using a MS solution to Pin to the Start Menu and both together work perfectly.

Now that i've got this far i'd like to Pin items to the Taskbar (and maybe remove all first where possible), i've had a fiddle with the ID but noting seems to happen. I'd rather do it this way than XML. I use CentraStage/AEM and love automaton :) so when i'm setting up a new user or computer most of it is completed by scripts.

Hope you or someone could point me in the right direction, in the mean time i shall continue to adjust for code!

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