Oct 04 2018 05:49 PM
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 does nothing. Attempting to choose which folders appear on the start menu does nothing also. Any changes to the tiles lasts until the next reboot where it's reset. Tiles will become unresponsive when attempting to drag them and then become "ghost" tiles that cannot be clicked on or moved/unpinned. This is a completely default and less than hour old install - absolutely no changes have been made thus far.
Jan 10 2019 11:34 AM
Ran into the same problem for activating MAK keys in 2019. You have to use command prompt to install the MAK keys right now.
uninstall current product key - slmgr /upk
install new product key - slmgr /ipk <Product Key>
activate new key - slmgr /ato
I also found that putting the MAK product key in an unattend.xml file for sysprep does take and and activate.
Jan 15 2019 11:57 AM
Feb 05 2019 03:53 PM
Hey everybody!
I'm experiencing the same problem. Any news on this?
Or maybe a response from MS?
Feb 05 2019 10:38 PM
Feb 05 2019 10:44 PM
I am honestly baffled that an error so central to the core operation of Windows has STILL not been publicly acknowledged by Microsoft - in my situation, it has rendered my WS2019 lab VM's useless
Feb 24 2019 05:05 AM
Feb 27 2019 12:26 PM
Same here as of 2/27/2019. Fully patched windows server 2019 standard.
Mar 07 2019 02:33 AM
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.
Mar 07 2019 03:12 AM
@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.
Mar 11 2019 01:49 AM
Mar 11 2019 02:03 AM
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.
Mar 11 2019 02:13 AM - edited Mar 11 2019 02:20 AM
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!
Mar 15 2019 12:18 AM - edited Mar 15 2019 12:19 AM
It seems like a long shot, but we had similar issues with our Startlayout on Win 10 1809. When the Policy "Computer Configuration -> Administrative Policies -> System -> Group Policy -> Continue Experiences on this Device" is set to disabled, everything relating to the start menu is buggy. (Layout, recent apps, Show Start in Full Screen, etc.).
Could you try setting this Policy to "Enabled" or "not configured" and see if this works?
Mar 15 2019 01:27 AM
Mar 15 2019 10:57 AM
I have tried your help. But I can't personaliz my Start page. If I go to "Windows Settings" and "Personalization", "Start", and set "Use Start full screen" to ON it dosn't work. It works OK before
promotion server to Domain Controller. After that, it can't be done. It is the same for many other
functions under "Windows Settings. Is there some special settings for Windows Server 2019?
Mar 18 2019 02:23 AM
Tried that but it didn't work. All changes are lost when loggin off and on again. Also any changes I make in the stat menu settings are gone as soon as I go back there.
Mar 31 2019 01:22 PM
I am experiencing this problem as well.
Apr 01 2019 06:08 AM - edited Apr 01 2019 06:33 AM
If you add any file to the "c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" folder (or in user profile Start Menu folder), it will cause the start menu to be updated. But this is a bug.