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## Create the XML file
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1. In a text editor, such as Visual Studio Code, create a new XML file. To help you get started, you can copy and paste the following XML sample. The sample pins 2 apps to the taskbar - File Explorer and the Command Prompt:
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::: zone pivot="windows-10"
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### Sample taskbar configuration XML file
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Let's review the components of the Windows taskbar by dividing it into three areas:
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1. The *left area* contains Widgets, which users can personalize to quickly access feed and information that they deem most relevant
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1. The *center area* include:
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1. Start
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1. The *center area* cantains:
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1. Start menu
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1. Search
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1. Task view
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1. Pinned and running apps. The configuration of pinned elements to the taskbar requires the use of an XML file that specifies their pinning order. To learn more about how to create and apply an XML file to configure the taskbar layout, see [Customize the taskbar layout](layout.md)
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1. The *right area* include:
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1. Pinned and running apps. The configuration of pinned applications to the taskbar requires the use of an XML file that specifies their pinning order. To learn more about how to create and apply an XML file to configure pinned applications, see [Configure the taskbar pinned applications](pinned-apps.md)
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1. The *right area* cantains:
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1. The system tray, which displays icons like the pen menu, touch keyboard, Virtual touchpad, and any application icons that are running in the background like OneDrive, Teams, or antivirus software
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1. Quick Actions
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1. Calendar
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---
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title: Customize the taskbar pinned elements
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description: Learn how to customize the Windows taskbar pinned elemnents, export its configuration, and deploy the customization to other devices.
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title: Configure the taskbar pinned applications
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description: Learn how to configure the Windows taskbar pinned applications.
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 08/18/2023
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appliesto:
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zone_pivot_groups: windows-versions-11-10
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---
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# Customize the taskbar pinned elements
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# Customize the taskbar pinned applications
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This article describes how to customize the Windows taskbar pinned elemnents, export its configuration, and deploy the customization to other devices.
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## XML example
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In a text editor, such as Visual Studio Code, create a new XML file. To help you get started, you can copy and paste the following XML sample. The sample pins 2 apps to the taskbar - File Explorer and the Command Prompt:
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[!INCLUDE [example](includes/example.md)]
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## XML configuration
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You can pin apps to the taskbar and remove default pinned apps by adding a `<TaskbarLayout>` section to a layout modification XML file. This method never removes user-pinned apps from the taskbar.
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> [!NOTE]
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> The only aspect of the taskbar that can currently be configured by the layout modification XML file is the layout.
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You can specify different taskbar configurations based on device locale and region. There's no limit on the number of apps that you can pin. You specify apps using the [Application User Model ID (AUMID)](../kiosk/find-the-application-user-model-id-of-an-installed-app.md) or Desktop Application Link Path (the local path to the application).
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If you specify an app to be pinned that isn't provisioned for the user on the computer, the pinned icon won't appear on the taskbar.
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---
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1. In the `<taskbar:TaskbarPinList>` node, add (or remove) the apps you want pinned. You can pin Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps and desktop apps:
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- `<taskbar:UWA>`: Select this option for UWP apps. Add the [AUMID](../kiosk/find-the-application-user-model-id-of-an-installed-app.md) of the UWP app.
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## User experience
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After the taskbar layout is applied, users can pin more apps, change the order, and unpin apps.
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After the taskbar layout is applied, the users must sign out and sign in again to see the new layout. Unless prohibited via policy settings, users can pin more apps, change the order, and unpin apps from the taskbar.
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:::image type="content" source="images/pinned-elements-11.png" alt-text="Sample Windows 11 taskbar." border="false" lightbox="./images/pinned-elements-11.png":::
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### OS install and upgrade experience
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## OS install and upgrade
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On a clean install of Windows, if you apply a taskbar layout, the following apps are pinned to the taskbar:
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- On a clean install of Windows, if you apply a taskbar layout, the following apps are pinned to the taskbar:
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- Any default apps you don't remove
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- Apps that you specifically pin in the XML file
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- Apps you specifically add
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- Any default apps you don't remove
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On a Windows OS upgrade, apps are already pinned to the taskbar. The apps may have been pinned by a user, by an image, or by using Windows unattended setup. For upgrades, the taskbar layout applies the following behavior:
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- On a Windows client upgrade, apps are already pinned to the taskbar. These apps may have been pinned by a user, by an image, or by using Windows unattended setup. For upgrades, the taskbar layout applies the following behavior:
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- If users pinned apps to the taskbar, then those pinned apps remain. New apps are pinned after the existing user-pinned apps.
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- If the apps are pinned during the install or by a policy (not by a user), and the apps aren't pinned in an updated layout file, then the apps are unpinned.
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- If a user didn't pin an app, and the same app is pinned in the updated layout file, then the app is pinned after any existing pinned apps.
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- New apps in updated layout file are pinned after the user's pinned apps.
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- If users pinned apps to the taskbar, then those pinned apps remain. New apps are pinned after the existing user-pinned apps
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- If the apps are pinned during the install or by a policy (not by a user), and the apps aren't pinned in an updated layout file, then the apps are unpinned
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- If a user didn't pin an app, and the same app is pinned in the updated layout file, then the app is pinned after any existing pinned apps
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- New apps in updated layout file are pinned after the user's pinned apps
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displayName: Configure the Windows taskbar
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- name: Policy settings
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href: policy-settings.md
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- name: Customize the pinned elements
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href: pinned-elements.md
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- name: Configure the pinned applications
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href: pinned-apps.md
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- name: XML schema definition (XSD)
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href: xsd.md
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