Start- and Taskbar-Layout

Hi.

I was wondering if somebody could help me out with deploying a Taskbar- and Startmenulayout via Group Policy.


I have a User Group Policy that tries to apply a partial Startlayout and a Taskbar-Layout to our Devices. The xml file is located on the computer locally (but I have tried using a UNC share as well). All the information that I have is gathered from several different places in the web (Microsoft, various support forums etc.)


But the layout is never applied to (for example) my computer in the domain.


The contents of my xml file are as follows:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LayoutModificationTemplate
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"
xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"
xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"
xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"
Version="1">
<DefaultLayoutOverride LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType=”OnlySpecifiedGroups”>
<StartLayoutCollection>
<defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout">
<start:Group Name="MS Office" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout">
<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Outlook 2016.lnk" />
<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Excel 2016.lnk" />
<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Word 2016.lnk" />
</start:Group>
<start:Group Name="Cloud">
<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office\Microsoft Teams.lnk" />
<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\OneDrive for Business.lnk" />
</start:Group>
<start:Group Name="Communication">
<startesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Skype for Business 2016.lnk" />
</start:Group>
</defaultlayout:StartLayout>
</StartLayoutCollection>
</DefaultLayoutOverride>
<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
<defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
<taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
<taskbaresktopApp DesktopapplicationLinkPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE"/>
<taskbaresktopApp DesktopapplicationLinkPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"/>
<taskbaresktopApp DesktopapplicationLinkPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE"/>
</taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
</defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
</CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>


Is something wrong with the xml file? Where would I start to check whether the Layout is applied at all and what is going wrong?


Any information is highly appreciated.

Weiterlesen...