How to Pin Administrador de configuración Centro de software to Taskbar with GPO on ventanas 10 y Servidor Windows.
Pin Software Center with GPO
1. Copiar Centro de software link from do:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft System Center\Configuration Manager to Desktop and rename to SoftwareCenter;
2. Copy it to \\<su dominio nombre>\SYSVOL\<su dominio nombre>\scripts;
3. Crear a *.xml archivo (en mi caso pinup.xml) and paste the next script:
<?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">
<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
<defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
<taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
<taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Internet Explorer.lnk"/>
<taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk"/>
<taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="\\enterinit.com\sysvol\enterinit.com\scripts\SoftwareCenter.lnk"/>
</taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
</defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
</CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>
4. In this script we pin to the taskbar: Internet Explorer, Explorador de archivos, y SCCM Centro de software. (do not pin File Explorer from %windir%, it’s work with bugs).
5. To remove the default pinned items, you must replace
<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
con
<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
6. Copiar pinup.xml a \\<su dominio nombre>\SYSVOL\<su dominio nombre>\scripts;
7. Comenzar Gestión de políticas de grupo;
8. Botón derecho del ratón click on the GPO object and click Editar;
9. Navegar a Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Start menu and Taskbar;
10. Botón derecho del ratón hacer clic en Start Layout y haga clic Editar;
11. Select the option Enabled and enter the path to our *.XML file in Start Layout File; Hacer clic DE ACUERDO;
12. Close All ventanas. Reboot your target machine;
13. Result!
FAQ
What happens if a user deletes an item we pinned to the Taskbar using the .xml file and Group Policy?
Users can delete an item we pinned to the Taskbar. Sin embargo, the icon will be added back the next time that we modify the .xml file. If you don’t modify the .xml file, the user’s configuration won’t change.
What if I add a shortcut that the user has already pinned to the Taskbar?
Nothing happens. ventanas won’t add a second icon.
What if we pin an item the end-user has already pinned to the Taskbar, and then we remove the icon through our .xml file?
The icon won’t be removed.
What if we remove a pinned app in the.xml file that we deployed with Group Policy?
The pinned item will be removed from the Taskbar as soon the Group Policy is applied when the user logs on again.
What if a user changes the order of the pinned items in the Taskbar?
The user’s order configuration will be maintained when we add or remove items.
What happens to the Taskbar if the computer is no longer targeted by a Group Policy?
The Taskbar will keep the configuration that we previously deployed via Group Policy.
What happens if I add Taskbar shortcuts to a .xml that is applied to ventanas 10 1511 machines?
The older version of ventanas 10 can’t read this .xml file and will ignore it altogether.
I tried your script – it is not working. I don’t see software center in the taskbar.
I did modify the script and changed the network path point to sysvol within my domain.
Can you re-share the script by email or post at google drive or github.
Gracias
Ram
Lo siento, now code is worked, some plugin for code highlighting broke all logic. Now must work, check out and write the reply.
I tried again with your updated script – yet none of the icons show up in task bar. Not sure why it is not working. I even ran group policy result to find out if there is any error to the GPO. No errors found – yet the icons are not in the task bar. Will research more.
Thanks for fixing the script.
Make simple check:
1. Your windows build is minimum 1607
2. You update your gpo admx files with (mínimo) 1607 admx files
3. You copy to sysvol software center file and create xml
4. Config gpo policy to use your xml
5. Cuando se complete – reboot your PC couple times
6. Also there some interesting thing with xml, if you need to reupdate pinned items you must make some changes in xml and save it (delete and past some symbol, as example)
1.Windows build is v1709
2. The admx files are 1703 creators version
3. Hecho
4. Hecho
5. Hecho
6. Did change the domain name and the share location within the xml file.
Will try again tomorrow. Will keep you posted.
Ram