Windows 11 24H2 Start Menu for all users

KSG 0 Reputation points
2024-10-24T15:55:04.27+00:00

Has anyone been able to successfully set the same start menu pinned items for all users ? The following guide is completely useless

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/desktop/customize-the-windows-11-start-menu

also copying the start2.bin to C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState doesn't work at all. If I manually copy the start2.bin to C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState then it works but copying it to default profile doesn't add it to newly created profiles.

If anyone has been able to do it, let me know please

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  1. Jacen Wang 960 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-10-25T14:14:21.6033333+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community forum.

     

    It looks like you're deploying a uniform Start menu layout for domain users.

    You can try to do this through group policy configuration:

    1. Prepare a custom Start menu layout and export it as an XML file. You can export the Start menu layout on a computer configured with the following command:

    Export-StartLayout -Path "C:\Path\To\Layout.xml"

    1. Save the generated XML file to a shared location and ensure that all users in the domain who need to apply the layout have access permissions.
    2. Open the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) on the domain controller.
    3. Browse to the organizational unit (OU) where you want to apply the policy, right-click and select "Create a GPO in this field and link it here". Name the new GPO. To edit the newly created GPO, navigate to User Configuration -> Administration Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar -> Start Layout.
    4. Double-click the Start Layout policy, select Enabled, and enter the path of the XML file in the Options box, for example:
    5. Confirm and apply the Settings.

    With the above steps, you can use a unified start menu layout for users within the domain. Ensure that the path to the XML file is correct and that the share permissions are set properly.

     

    I hope this helps.

    Best regards

    Jacen

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