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Cooper Beutel
Copper Contributor
Oct 05, 2018

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...
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Chris Singleton's avatar
Chris Singleton
Copper Contributor
Nov 21, 2018
I think this issue seems to be being ignored. Whilst this issue will not impact a normal server deployment anyone using the server as a Citrix VDA or RDS Session host will not be able to without having no changes to the default start menu an option that is not possible for the majority of us.
  • Chris McKenna's avatar
    Chris McKenna
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 12, 2018

    Appears to have been (silently) resolved with 2018-12 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB4471332).  Applied to a non-domain joined server, and Start Menu items are where I left 'em, and the 'new' flag on icons stays away once you right click Start Menu items.

     

    Not tested on a domain-joined server, so if you wanna test that and report back, knock yer socks off.

     

    https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=2018-12

     

     

    • Mark Conroy's avatar
      Mark Conroy
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 12, 2018

      Hi Chris,

       

      Great, will have a test and check it all out in a domain joined setup and report back when possible.

    • Cooper Beutel's avatar
      Cooper Beutel
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 13, 2018

      In a remarkable twist of events, my custom start menu has survived a restart! However, I customised the start menu before promoting the server to a DC. After promotion, the layout still cannot be changed. I should point out that I made the initial changes to the local admin account. After promotion, a new domain admin account (and user profile) was created. I changed the ProfileImagePath registry entry to point to the original local admin profile (therefore retaining any customisation) therefore deleting the new user profile.

       

      Edit: I spoke too soon. The start menu is broken again - the custom layout is gone. Unbelievable

    • Chris Singleton's avatar
      Chris Singleton
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 03, 2019

      Hi Chris, 

       

      Nope still an issue after applying the KB 

      • MrSnrub's avatar
        MrSnrub
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 15, 2019
        Same problem here, fully patched (2019-01-15) and activated WS2019 lets me change the items pinned to the Start menu but it gets reverted on logoff if the machine is in the domain.

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