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Cooper Beutel
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Oct 05, 2018
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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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robb-flx
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Mar 07, 2019

i got told, the adminsitrator account is somehow a temporary profile which gets reset by logging out. This can be disabled somehow by policy. But hadn't time to look at it.

 

 

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Pete78
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Mar 07, 2019

 

robb-flx wrote:

i got told, the adminsitrator account is somehow a temporary profile which gets reset by logging out. This can be disabled somehow by policy. But hadn't time to look at it.

 

 

Couldn't find anything on that but would be glad if the problem could be resolved so easily. Please look it up when you have the time. thx.

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    robb-flx
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 11, 2019
    Ty this one:
    >> Use the group policy setting "Do not log users on with temporary profiles", to be found in >> Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates-> System -> User Profiles.
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      Pete78
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      Mar 11, 2019

      Will try, thanks!

       

      From my understanding the policy prevents a temporary profile from being loaded in case the regular one can't be loaded. I didn't find any hint on that in the system logs.

       

      Update:

      Nope, still doesn't work. I'm definetely not logged on with a temproary profile since shortcuts I pin to the taskbar remain intact.

       

      Thanks anyway!

      • makbeth's avatar
        makbeth
        Copper Contributor
        Mar 15, 2019
        You can reproduce problem without logging off - simply restart Explorer, using Task Manager. So, I think this problem is not related to the user profile. Moreover, desktop settings are saved between sessions.
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      Deleted
      Mar 11, 2019

      I've made the change and will see if it works later, because in my case any change is not instantly lost. If I log-in, make a change, log off then immediately log back on the change remains. I can do this a few times within a short space of time and the change is still there. It's only later in the day when I log on that the change is finally reset.

      robb-flx wrote:
      Ty this one:
      >> Use the group policy setting "Do not log users on with temporary profiles", to be found in >> Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates-> System -> User Profiles.

       

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