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