Fix script not removing all the tiles

This commit is contained in:
David 2021-01-25 11:51:49 -06:00 committed by GitHub
parent cbb7ff8d67
commit c9d27e3ae2
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG Key ID: 4AEE18F83AFDEB23

View File

@ -1,9 +1,58 @@
#https://superuser.com/questions/1068382/how-to-remove-all-the-tiles-in-the-windows-10-start-menu
#Unpins all tiles from the Start Menu
Write-Output "Unpinning all tiles from the start menu"
(New-Object -Com Shell.Application).
NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').
Items() |
%{ $_.Verbs() } |
?{$_.Name -match 'Un.*pin from Start'} |
%{$_.DoIt()}
# https://superuser.com/a/1442733
#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
$START_MENU_LAYOUT = @"
<LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" Version="1" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification">
<LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" />
<DefaultLayoutOverride>
<StartLayoutCollection>
<defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" />
</StartLayoutCollection>
</DefaultLayoutOverride>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>
"@
$layoutFile="C:\Windows\StartMenuLayout.xml"
#Delete layout file if it already exists
If(Test-Path $layoutFile)
{
Remove-Item $layoutFile
}
#Creates the blank layout file
$START_MENU_LAYOUT | Out-File $layoutFile -Encoding ASCII
$regAliases = @("HKLM", "HKCU")
#Assign the start layout and force it to apply with "LockedStartLayout" at both the machine and user level
foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
$basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
$keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer"
IF(!(Test-Path -Path $keyPath)) {
New-Item -Path $basePath -Name "Explorer"
}
Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "StartLayoutFile" -Value $layoutFile
}
#Restart Explorer, open the start menu (necessary to load the new layout), and give it a few seconds to process
Stop-Process -name explorer
Start-Sleep -s 5
$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^{ESCAPE}')
Start-Sleep -s 5
#Enable the ability to pin items again by disabling "LockedStartLayout"
foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
$basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
$keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 0
}
#Restart Explorer and delete the layout file
Stop-Process -name explorer
# Uncomment the next line to make clean start menu default for all new users
#Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath $layoutFile -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\
Remove-Item $layoutFile