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Cooper Beutel
Oct 05, 2018Copper Contributor
Start menu layout cannot be changed
Having just installed an evaluation copy of Windows Server 2019, I cannot make any changes to the start menu layout. For example; unchecking "Show app list in Start menu" from the Start menu settings...
- Apr 02, 2019
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4490481 - the KB doesn't specifically mention this bug, but the fix is included in this update. You can download from here: Microsoft Catalog
Cooper Beutel
Oct 15, 2018Copper Contributor
I managed to hide the all apps list via a registry change, but now the button to open the all apps list is completely missing. Something tells me WS2019 wasn't ready to be released... The documents and pictures buttons are also useless and fail to open explorer.
Mark Conroy
Oct 15, 2018Copper Contributor
Hi Cooper,
A few extra local policy settings you can edit under 'User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar'
- Remove All Programs list from the Start menu : Set to 'Collapsed'
- Remove "Recently added" list from Start menu : Enabled
Sadly it looks like editing the 'Choose which folders to appear on Start' requires a fair bit of registry editing so probably not worth it at the moment.
Hope this helps : )
- Cooper BeutelOct 17, 2018Copper Contributor
Okay, so I resorted to plan B; install WS2019 core inside a Windows 10 Hyper-V host and use the Windows 10 machine as the GUI for WS2019 through RSAT, etc. however it would seem that Windows Deployment Server doesn't work in the core edition.
Back to square one. As much as I like the new features in WS2019, WS2016 has far less bugs and will be serving as my main server OS until MS sorts out WS2019.
- Chris McKennaOct 30, 2018Copper Contributor
Same - domain joined 2019 server. Even tried resetting the permissions/owner on the profile folder.
No luck :\
- Cooper BeutelNov 04, 2018Copper Contributor
It would seem that Microsoft won't even acknowledge that this is an issue. Start menu customisation is basic Windows functionality - regardless of it being a server OS, there is a need to change it from the default. I can't use the Feedback Hub app to report this as our domain joined workstations have had this feature disabled. I'm just happy I opted to "try before you buy"