

The GPO applies the Start and taskbar layout at the next user sign-in. To apply the Start and taskbar layout to users in a domain, use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to configure a domain-based Group Policy Object (GPO) that sets Start Layout policy settings in the Start Menu and Taskbar administrative template for users in a domain. Use Group Policy to apply a customized Start layout in a domain To learn how customize Start to include your line-of-business apps when you deploy Windows 10, see Customize the Windows 10 Start layout. The Export-StartLayout cmdlet in Windows PowerShell exports a description of the current Start layout in. Three features enable Start and taskbar layout control:
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To find out how to create a central store for Administrative Templates files, see article 929841, written for Windows Vista and still applicable in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. In Group Policy, ADMX files are used to define Registry-based policy settings in the Administrative Templates category. The GPO can be configured from any computer on which the necessary ADMX and ADML files (StartMenu.admx and StartMenu.adml) for Windows 10 are installed. In Windows 10, version 1703, Start and taskbar layout control using Group Policy is also supported in Windows 10 Pro. In Windows 10, version 1607, Start and taskbar layout control using Group Policy is supported in Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education. When you apply a taskbar layout, users will still be able to pin and unpin apps, and change the order of pinned apps.īefore you begin: Customize and export Start layout Operating system requirements 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. Users can view and open all apps in the All Apps view, but they cannot pin any apps to Start.


When a full Start layout is applied with this method, the users cannot pin, unpin, or uninstall apps from Start.
