Start menu and Taskbar

You can define the Start menu layout for your users to define applications that are safe to use and remove applications that are not required. The Windows 10 and 11 versions support different features, as the Start menu layouts are different.

To set Start menu and Taskbar configuration:

  1. Go to Configuration > +Add.

  2. Select Windows Start Menu & Task Bar configuration.

  3. Enter a name for the configuration.
  4. Select the Windows-specific version.

    5. Windows 10 devices:

  5. In the Configuration Setup section, configure the following settings:

    Setting

    What To Do

    Name

    Enter a name that identifies this configuration.

    Description

    Enter a description that clarifies the purpose of this configuration.

    Select Golden Device

    Select the Windows 10 device that has the apps provisioned in its Start menu and Taskbar.

  6. Click Fetch Start Menu Layout from Device and configure the following options.

  7. Setting

    What To Do
    Start menu and Taskbar Layout

     

    Select the any of the following options for hiding the list of apps.

    • None
    • Hide all apps list
    • Hide all apps list, and disable "Show app list in Start menu" in Settings app
    • Hide all apps list, remove all apps button, and disable "Show app list in Start menu" in Settings app
    Start menu layout
    Customize Start menu

    Click Yes to customize Start menu and layout parameters.

    Taskbar
    Customize Taskbar Click Yes to customize Taskbar
    Remove existing pinned Taskbar shortcuts before adding the custom ones Click Yes to remove the existing pinned Taskbar shortcut before adding the custom Taskbar.
    App Type Specifies the type of app.
    App Specifies the ID of the app.
    Restore

    Click the Restore link to restore the Taskbar from the original Golden device taskbar.

    Click and drag the arrow icon in the row to move the position(up or down)the specific row.

    Click the delete icon to delete the row.

    Click the Add New button to add a new row.

    8. Windows 11 devices

  8. In the Configuration Setup section, configure the following settings:

    Setting

    What To Do

    Name

    Enter a name that identifies this configuration.

    Description

    Enter a description that clarifies the purpose of this configuration.

    Select Golden Device

    Select the Windows 11 device that has the apps configured in the PINNED section of its Start menu.

  9. Click Fetch Start Menu Layout from Device.

    10. After fetching settings from the Golden Device, all apps configured in the PINNED section of the start menu will be displayed for the administrator to review.

  10. Click Save and distribute the configuration to all the applicable device and user groups.

    11. Due to a vendor issue, when the configuration is undistributed, Pinned apps will remain as originally configured. However, when a new configuration is distributed, the previous layout will be overridden, and the new layout will be applied.