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