SOLVED Customize Win11 Star Menu in SCCM

[sccm1]

Hello all,
I have been tasked with customizing Win11 start menu and deploying that via sccm Task Sequence. My win version is Win11 22h2. I have been up and down the net and there is no solid information on how to do that. Some people are saying you need to use jason file, some people are saying you need to use start2.bin. All of them are using different PowerShell commands to copy those files. I have tried everything already and nothing works. Can someone please tell me which file I need to use and what command I need to use during TS to make it work.

 

[AhmedLS]

Hello all,
I have been tasked with customizing Win11 start menu and deploying that via sccm Task Sequence. My win version is Win11 22h2. I have been up and down the net and there is no solid information on how to do that. Some people are saying you need to use jason file, some people are saying you need to use start2.bin. All of them are using different PowerShell commands to copy those files. I have tried everything already and nothing works. Can someone please tell me which file I need to use and what command I need to use during TS to make it work.

what i am doing is configuring the start menu as required then export it to a bin file.
Export-StartLayout -Path "anywhere\start.bin"

i create a package with no program and place the bin file plus the below script in a folder on my CM network share. distribute the package to distribution point. in the task sequence i run this script

copy-item -path \\cm-network-sahre\startlayout\startmenulayout.bin c:\windows\system32
Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath c:\windows\system32\StartMenuLayout.bin -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\

 

[brich4750]

From my research Windows 11 Change some of the rules for Pinning icons to Start or Taskbar during Imaging.

 

[brich4750]

From what i was able to determine you can only Pin 4 things to primaryOEMPins, 4 things to secondaryOEMPins and 1 item to firstRunOEMPins.
primaryOEMPins - Top of Pinned Apps
secondaryOEMPins - Bottom of Pinned Apps
firstRunOEMPins - Recommended Items area

Any more than 4 per the first 2 sections and they are ignored.

Customize the Windows 11 Start menu

How to pin OEM apps in the Windows 11 start menu

learn.microsoft.com

 

[brich4750]

I remember reading somewhere Edge is pinned first by Default. And if Office is installed the next icons are Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.