How to Set a Default Start Layout for Users in Windows 10

Unfortunately, there's no way to directly export your taskbar config to an xml file. The closest you can get is exporting your start layout.

I need to figure out how I can export the taskbar layout from 1 PC, then deploy it using Windows Server GPO to all PC's connected to the GPO.

Log on to a Windows 10 machine that has all of the software you want to be pinned on the Start Menu layout and customise the Start Menu as you want it.

To summarize, you can export start menu layout (.XML) to a shared folder that is accessible by all users in your organization. Then, create a ...

You can use the Export-StartLayout cmdlet in Windows PowerShell to export a description of the current Start layout in .xml file format. You can ...

This video demonstrates how to customize the Start menu and the taskbar (in Windows 10 only) without using the Copy Profile feature of sysprep.

This tutorial demonstrates how to set a default Start layout for users in Windows 10 by exporting and importing a Start menu layout using an XML file.

Outputs the taskbar layout to a file .Description Export taskbar pinned icons to a file .Parameter Path Specifies an absolute path to a layout file

Configure a StartMenu.xml layout · Start a PowerShell command window as administrator · Enter the following command line to export the Start Menu.

Everyone has their taskbar set up differently. Whatever apps you have pinned to the taskbar, the order they're in, and the icons they use, ...