Hi there
I am currently trying to make the last changes to our RDS Server before roll-out.
The changes are simply for aesthetics. I want to create a Default Start Layout for all users and where they can still pin/unpin stuff. Same of course to the taskbar (Remove IE)
What i tried is the following:
Created Start Layout file:
<LayoutModificationTemplate Version="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"><LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" /><DefaultLayoutOverride LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType="OnlySpecifiedGroups"><StartLayoutCollection><defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"><start:Group Name="Standard" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Acrobat Reader DC.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Excel 2016.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PowerPoint 2016.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word 2016.lnk" /></start:Group><start:Group Name="Extras" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\VariCAD\VariCAD Viewer 2018-1.03 EN.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ghostscript\Ghostscript 9.23.LNK" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PuTTY (64-bit)\PuTTY.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\RealVNC\VNC Viewer.lnk" /><start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="2" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ThinLinc\ThinLinc Client.lnk" /></start:Group></defaultlayout:StartLayout></StartLayoutCollection></DefaultLayoutOverride><CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection><defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout><taskbar:TaskbarPinList><taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Google Chrome.lnk" /><taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk" /></taskbar:TaskbarPinList></defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout></CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection></LayoutModificationTemplate>
Then placed it in a share user should be able to access. (Same share used for background image).
Created the GPO and linked the File:
After that i tested it with different users.
All have the same issues. Icons do not get changed, but the icons present cannot be changed, moved or anything(LOCKED).
I would appreciate some help in this matter as it is driving me crazy.
Best,
Pkey