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Apr 21, 2022

How to export Start menu layout Windows 11 SE

I read at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune-education/all-edu-settings-windows#start-menu that you can:

Apply a custom Start menu layout using an XML file. You can upload an .xml file less than 2 MB in size. This setting is not supported on devices running Windows 11 SE. To change the default pinned apps for Windows 11 SE, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-start-menu-layout-windows-11#get-the-pinnedlist-json in Microsoft Intune.

 

I also read at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune-education/windows-11-se-overview#device-settings that:

The default layout is already optimized for school use. You can https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-start-menu-layout-windows-11#get-the-pinnedlist-json in Microsoft Intune.

 

I then read at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-start-menu-layout-windows-11#export-an-existing-start-layout that it should be possible to export an existing Start layout using PowerShell.

 

However, as Windows 11 SE devices have PowerShell restricted, I tried to deploy a PowerShell script using Intune and selected "Run this script using the logged on credentials: Yes".  However, when I check the script deployment Device status it shows "Failed" (another dummy script with "Run this script using the logged on credentials: No" does run).  The script is set to run the following (the "Admin" user has already signed in to the device before and has signed in to the OneDrive sync app):

 

 

Export-StartLayout -Path "c:\Users\Admin\OneDrive - Demo1\Documents\Dev1_LayoutModification.json"

 

 

Could someone please advise the best method to export an existing Windows 11 SE Start layout so I can deploy that customized Start layout to all my Windows 11 SE devices?

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