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SOLVED New TaskBar StarMenu - For existing user

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Hi everyone,
I need to change the appearance of the current Taskbar and Start menu - Iam replacing the file located at C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\LayoutModification.xml. For new profikes in Win 10, everything works as it should, but for existing profiles, only the Start menu changes and icons are added to the exisiting ones- but the Taskbar stays the same - do you have any idea hot to change the Taskbar for existing profiles ?
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Ok, I managed to solve the problem with changing the taskbar and star menu - there is no probelm if we replace the LayoutModification.xml file in C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell| and a new user logs in , but for an existing user, the change will only be visible in the Start Menu, and Taskbar remains the same. The solution is to remove the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CloudStore
After re-logging, the user gets a new Taskbar - a small downside is that the programs visible on the left side display the "new" lable but do not lose their settings. I am attaching the script I wrote - I release it through a package - where in Scheduling in the Assignment schedule option I set Log on , and in Return Behavior I set Always rerun progrma - and this is supposed to execute every time someone new logs in, but it works differently. The script itself has a safeguard to prevent multiple executions: it simply creates a file named username_NewTaskBar on the C drive, and the first thing it dose is check if such a file exists. If it does , it will not execute
 
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