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Copper Contributor

Oct 05, 2018

Solved

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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Mary Hoffman
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

Mark Conroy

Copper Contributor

Oct 15, 2018

Hi Cooper,

We are experiencing the exact same issue as well.

What we have noticed is that the issue only occurs for us when the Server 2019 box is part of a domain.

If we build a fresh new 2019 server (standalone) then the start menu works flawlessly. The second we promote the server to a Domain Controller (and subsequently log in as domain Administrator) then the start menu issue rears its ugly head!

Chrigel

Copper Contributor

Jan 08, 2019

I experienced the same, but the problem began not when I joined the machine to the domain but when I activated the License (no KMS installed in this environment). At this point, the system allows to change the design-settings (by design) and puts the start menu to default (by bug)

Anybody a clue?