Intune - Custom taskbar pinned icon for Company Portal app

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Intune - Custom taskbar pinned icon for Company Portal app

Simon Magrin 26

Hi,

I'm trying to build a custom taskbar pinned icon layout and stuck with getting the right XML syntax for the Company Portal app, e.g.:

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Answer 1

Patchfox 4,176

Hi, maybe I can help you with this probem.

I search on my site for this apps application user model ID.

I saw your ID of the Microsoft company portal is different than mine:

Microsoft.CompanyPortal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App

I would try to change the ID in the next step.

You will get all your app user model ids with this command:

Get-StartApps | Where-Object -Property AppID -like '*CompanyPortal*'

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Answer 2

Crystal-MSFT 53,991 Microsoft External Staff

@Simon Magrin, Thanks for posting in Q&A.

Based on my check, I find the AppUserModelID of company portal is the one as below:

AppUserModelID="Microsoft.CompanyPortal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"

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You can change the AppUserModelID in your xml to this one and see if it works.

Hope it can help.

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Crystal-MSFT 53,991 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-01T05:33:40.3466667+00:00

@Simon Magrin Hope things are going well. I am writing to see if the above value can work. If there's any update, feel free to let us know.

Simon Magrin 26

Hi @Patchfox and @Crystal-MSFT sorry for the belated reply.

I've tried:

"Microsoft.CompanyPortal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"

For both the Start menu and taskbar:

<LayoutModificationTemplate 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" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" Version="1">
  <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" />
  <DefaultLayoutOverride>
    <StartLayoutCollection>
      <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6">
        <start:Group Name="Productivity">
          <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge.lnk" />
          <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Teams.lnk" />
          <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />
          <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="2" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />
          <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="2" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />
          <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="2" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />     
        </start:Group>
        <start:Group Name="Apps">
          <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />
          <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.CompanyPortal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />
        </start:Group>
      </defaultlayout:StartLayout>
    </StartLayoutCollection>
  </DefaultLayoutOverride>
  <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
      <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
        <taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
          <taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge" />
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Teams.lnk" />
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Outlook.lnk" />
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word.lnk" />
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Excel.lnk" />
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PowerPoint.lnk" />
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" />
        </taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
    </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
  </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>

All of the above work except for the Company Portal; it simply doesn't show anything, like there wasn't an icon to pin. Any ideas why this isn't working?

Thanks

Crystal-MSFT 53,991 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-03T05:13:49.1+00:00

@Simon Magrin, Thanks for the reply. Could you go to device and pin the company portal app to start manually on the device and then run "Export-StartLayout -Path "C:\Layouts\startlayout.xml"" to export the xml to see if the value of company portal is different?
Simon Magrin 26 Reputation points

2023-03-04T03:58:55.21+00:00
Hi @Crystal-MSFT , the XML export from the Export-StartLayout cmdlet produces this for the Company Portal app:

Microsoft.CompanyPortal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"

I'm now testing the following for the taskbar:

<taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="Microsoft.CompanyPortal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />

IIRC I tried this before but I'll see how it goes to rule out any error on my part. I'll keep you posted on how this goes. Thanks

Answer 3

Simon Magrin 26

Hi this worked for me now:

<taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="Microsoft.CompanyPortal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" />

Many thanks for your help.

Crystal-MSFT 53,991 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-06T07:20:51.2333333+00:00

@Simon Magrin, Thanks for updating the status. I am glad that it works now Congratulations! If there's anything else we can help in the future, feel free to post in our Q&A to discuss together.

Thanks for your time and have a nice day!

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