diff --git a/windows/manage/TOC.md b/windows/manage/TOC.md index 2398446f4f..095656c92b 100644 --- a/windows/manage/TOC.md +++ b/windows/manage/TOC.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ### [Windows 10 Mobile and MDM](windows-10-mobile-and-mdm.md) ### [Introduction to configuration service providers (CSPs)](how-it-pros-can-use-configuration-service-providers.md) ## [Manage Windows 10 Start layout options](windows-10-start-layout-options-and-policies.md) +### [Configure Windows 10 taskbar](configure-windows-10-taskbar.md) ### [Customize and export Start layout](customize-and-export-start-layout.md) ### [Customize Windows 10 Start with Group Policy](customize-windows-10-start-screens-by-using-group-policy.md) ### [Customize Windows 10 Start with ICD and provisioning packages](customize-windows-10-start-screens-by-using-provisioning-packages-and-icd.md) diff --git a/windows/manage/configure-windows-10-taskbar.md b/windows/manage/configure-windows-10-taskbar.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ad508d3698 --- /dev/null +++ b/windows/manage/configure-windows-10-taskbar.md @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@ +--- +title: Configure Windows 10 taskbar (Windows 10) +description: Admins can pin apps to users' taskbars. +keywords: ["taskbar layout","pin apps"] +ms.prod: W10 +ms.mktglfcycl: manage +ms.sitesec: library +author: jdeckerMS +--- +#Configure Windows 10 taskbar + +Starting in Windows 10, version 1607, administrators can pin additional apps to the taskbar and remove default pinned apps from the taskbar by adding a `` section to a layout modification XML file. This method never removes user-pinned apps from the taskbar. + + +You can specify different taskbar configurations based on device locale and region, or operating system edition. There is no limit on the number of apps that you can pin. You specify apps using the [Application User Model ID (AUMID)](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=614867), Desktop Application ID, or Desktop Application Link Path. + +If you specify an app to be pinned that is not installed on the computer, it won't appear on the taskbar. + +The order of apps in the xml file dictates order of apps on taskbar from left to right, to the right of any existing apps pinned by user. + +**Note**   +In operating systems configured to use a right-to-left language, the taskbar order will be reversed. + +The following example shows how apps will be pinned - Windows default apps to the left (blue), apps pinned by the user in the center (orange), and apps that you pin using XML to the right (green). + +![Windows left, user center, enterprise to the right](/images/taskbar-generic.png) + + +## Configure taskbar (general) + +To configure the taskbar: +1. Create the XML file. + * If you are also [customizing the Start layout](customize-and-export-start-layout.md), use Export-StartLayout to create the XML, and then add the `` section from the following sample to the file and edit it to your specific requirements. + * If you are only configuring the taskbar, use the following sample to create LayoutModification.xml, and then edit the file for your specific requirements. +2. Apply LayoutModification.xml to devices using [Group Policy](customize-windows-10=start-screens-by-using-group-policy.md) or a [provisioning package created in Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (Windows ICD)](customize-windows-10-start-screens-by-using-provisioning-packages-and-icd.md). + +### Sample XML + +```xml + + + + + + + + + + + + + +``` + +##Keep default apps and add your own + +```xml + + + + + + + + + + + + + +``` +**Before:** + +**After:** + + +##Remove default apps and add your own + +By adding `` as a parameter to ``, you remove all default pinned apps and only the apps that you specify will be pinned to the taskbar. + +```xml + + + + + + + + + + + + + +``` +**Before:** + +![Taskbar with default apps](/images/taskbar-default.png) + +**After:** + +![Taskbar with default apps](/images/taskbar-default-removed.png) + +## Configure taskbar (by region) + +The following example shows you how to configure taskbars by region. + +```xml + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +``` + +When specifying taskbar configuration by region, the taskbar will concatenate pinlists together so long as the target computer meets the region requirements. If no region is specified for a `` node, it will apply to every region. + +When the preceding example XML for region is applied, the resulting tasbkar for computers in the US or UK: + +The resulting taskbar for computers in Germany or France: + +The resulting tasbkar for computers in any other region: + + +## Configure taskbar (by Windows 10 edition) + +The following example shows you how to configure taskbars by edition, so that you can apply one configuration to Windows 10 Enterprise and a different configuration to Windows 10 Education. + +```xml +sample +``` + + + +## Layout Modification Template schema definition + +```xml + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +``` \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/windows/manage/images/taskbar-blank.png b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-blank.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..45f9435a23 Binary files /dev/null and b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-blank.png differ diff --git a/windows/manage/images/taskbar-default-removed.png b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-default-removed.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..70dc5e0475 Binary files /dev/null and b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-default-removed.png differ diff --git a/windows/manage/images/taskbar-default.png b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-default.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b5fe527bb0 Binary files /dev/null and b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-default.png differ diff --git a/windows/manage/images/taskbar-generic.png b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-generic.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8271174435 Binary files /dev/null and b/windows/manage/images/taskbar-generic.png differ diff --git a/windows/manage/windows-10-start-layout-options-and-policies.md b/windows/manage/windows-10-start-layout-options-and-policies.md index 142e4e88a6..112335524f 100644 --- a/windows/manage/windows-10-start-layout-options-and-policies.md +++ b/windows/manage/windows-10-start-layout-options-and-policies.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- -title: Manage Windows 10 Start layout options (Windows 10) -description: Organizations might want to deploy a customized Start screen and menu to devices running Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education. +title: Manage Windows 10 Start layout and taskbar options (Windows 10) +description: Organizations might want to deploy a customized Start screen, menu, and taskbar to devices running Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education. ms.assetid: 2E94743B-6A49-463C-9448-B7DD19D9CD6A keywords: ["start screen", "start menu"] ms.prod: W10 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ms.sitesec: library author: jdeckerMS --- -# Manage Windows 10 Start layout options +# Manage Windows 10 Start layout and taskbar options **Applies to** @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ author: jdeckerMS - [Customize the Start menu](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=623630) -Organizations might want to deploy a customized Start screen and menu to devices running Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education. A standard Start layout can be useful on devices that are common to multiple users and devices that are locked down for specialized purposes. +Organizations might want to deploy a customized Start screen, Start menu, and taskbar configuration to devices running Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education. A standard Start layout can be useful on devices that are common to multiple users and devices that are locked down for specialized purposes. Configuring the taskbar allows the organization to pin useful apps for their employees and to remove apps pinned by default. + +## Start options ![start layout sections](images/startannotated.png) @@ -29,11 +31,6 @@ Some areas of Start can be managed using Group Policy. The layout of Start tiles The following table lists the different parts of Start and any applicable policy settings or Settings options. Group Policy settings are in the **User Configuration**\\**Administrative Templates**\\**Start Menu and Taskbar** path except where a different path is listed in the table. ----- @@ -120,7 +117,16 @@ The following table lists the different parts of Start and any applicable policy
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-  + ## Taskbar options + +There are four categories of apps that might be pinned to a taskbar: +* Default Windows apps, pinned during operating system installation +* OEM apps, pinned by the OEM as part of the operating system image +* Apps pinned by the enterprise, such as in an unattended Windows setup + + **Note**   + The earlier method of using [TaskbarLinks](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=761230) in an unattended Windows setup file is deprecated in Windows 10, version 1607. +* Apps pinned by the user ## Related topics