Windows 10 1709 Start Layout/ icons

Dear Sridhar.Hr,

Windows 10 1709 does not copy the start layout and the taskbar pinned items. On the other hand, you can export the layout from an profile where you have configured it as you please, and you can re-import it with a RunOnce command, in such a way that the users in the image will have again the original start menu and taskbar layout. The process is based on the PowerShell cmdlet Export-StartLayout, which creates an xml file with the layout info. This file can be integrated with information on the taskbar. You can then reimport it with the cmdlet Import-StartLayout .

This page explains how to customize and export a Start layout: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-and-export-start-layout

After you export the layout, you can decide whether you want to apply a full Start layout or a partial 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 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. Partial Start layout is only supported on Windows 10, version 1511 and later. When a partial Start layout is applied to a device that already has a StartLayout.xml applied, groups that were added previously are removed and the groups in the new layout are added

This page offers a reference for the xml file containing the layout info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/start-layout-xml-desktop

This page guides you through the whole process of exporting and applying the layout: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/deploymentguys/2016/03/07/windows-10-start-layout-customization/

These two pages explain the syntax of the Import-StartLayout cmdlet: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn283403.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/powershell/windows/startlayout/import-startlayout ;

Here you can find how to manage Taskbar items with the same xml layout: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar

This page explains you how to find the AMID (Application User Model ID) of an app: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/enterprise/find-the-application-user-model-id-of-an-installed-app

Please do not hesitate to contact us at EMEA_OSImaging@Dell.com if the information in the links above is not clear or if you have any additional questions.

Kind regards,

Mattia

am able to export and import the layout using PowerShell command , issue have exported the xml file but have issue while capturing the image and restore the image am finding the issue were not getting loaded on any new profile created