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ImageAssist: CopyProfile + Custom Start Menu Layout for Windows 10
Since the 1709 release of Windows 10, CopyProfile & Sysprep no longer support customization of the Start Layout.
The instructions below provide a means to accomplish this within a customized Windows image using Dell ImageAssist.
Note: The Microsoft recommended prerequisite for using CopyProfile is to enable the local administrator account, login as that account and delete the account created during setup - along with the profile. Here's an example.
Steps:
1) Login as local admin and customize the desktop and start menu layout
2) Use powershell to export the start layout
Export-startlayout -UseDesktopApplicationID -path c:\menu.xml
3) In the unattend.xml creator, add the following line in the first logon command as follows: (note: this will work with or without local admin account enabled)
powershell import-startlayout -layoutpath c:\menu.xml -mountpath c:\
To include Taskbar layout & for information, read the following Microsoft articles:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/desktop/customize-start-layout
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/desktop/customize-the-taskbar
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-and-export-start-layout
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/configure-windows-10-taskbar
JedrekZ
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November 27th, 2018 03:00
Hi Tyler
Does this work on Windows 10 build 1809?
Because I'm typing this command and it's not working
paulerob
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November 27th, 2018 12:00
Windows 10 1809 OS Build 17763.107 Media Creation Tool ISO English x64
My suggestion would be to check the SYNTAX of the PowerShell line in the unattend.xml. I didn’t type it correctly the first time.
When I doubled checked my work, I was able to correct it.
powershell import-startlayout -layoutpath c:\menu.xml -mountpath c:\
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SmokeDaddy
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June 25th, 2019 12:00
Old post, but I ran into this issue just recently and it made me want to bang my face against a wall until I figured it out. In short, the XML file exported by the “Export-startlayout" command is incorrectly formatted as of version 1809 (not sure about version 1903). You have to export it, then edit the header section of the file before you can import it back in.
You'll need to replace the following at the beginning of the file:
With the following code:
Notice that the original file lacked the topmost XLM declaration tag and the namespace data for the taskbar. The XML file will import just fine once this correction is made.
Hope this helps someone!