From 9ca76ade3f945f4262701ea5c011ca42773a29ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Matarazzo <74918781+paolomatarazzo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:03:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update Start menu configuration documentation
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windows/configuration/start/configure.md | 10 +-
windows/configuration/start/toc.yml | 2 +
windows/configuration/start/xsd.md | 492 +++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 498 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 windows/configuration/start/xsd.md
diff --git a/windows/configuration/start/configure.md b/windows/configuration/start/configure.md
index 689c65e240..acda223fa7 100644
--- a/windows/configuration/start/configure.md
+++ b/windows/configuration/start/configure.md
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ To configure the Start menu, you can use one of the following options:
This section describes the policy settings to configure the Start menu via configuration service provider (CSP) and group policy (GPO).
-### Policy settings list
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:::row:::
:::column span="2":::
The list of settings is sorted alphabetically and organized in four categories:
@@ -34,7 +29,8 @@ The list of settings is sorted alphabetically and organized in four categories:
1. **User options**: settings to control the options exposed when selecting the user icon
1. **Pinned folders**: settings to control the folders pinned for quick access
1. **Power options**: settings to control the options exposed when selecting the power icon
- :::column-end:::
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+:::column-end:::
:::column span="2":::
::: zone pivot="windows-10"
:::image type="content" source="./images/windows-10-settings.png" alt-text="Sample start menu layout with its components highlighted." border="false" lightbox="./images/windows-10-settings.png":::
@@ -69,6 +65,8 @@ The following table lists the policies that control the Start menu layout. Selec
|[ShowOrHideMostUsedApps](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-start#showorhidemostusedapps)|✅||
|[StartLayout](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-start#startlayout)|✅||
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#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/user.svg"::: **User options**](#tab/user)
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/folder.svg"::: **Pinned folders**](#tab/folders)
diff --git a/windows/configuration/start/toc.yml b/windows/configuration/start/toc.yml
index 19d42c6d8c..4889f46c63 100644
--- a/windows/configuration/start/toc.yml
+++ b/windows/configuration/start/toc.yml
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href: start-secondary-tiles.md
- name: Start layout XML for Windows 10 desktop editions (reference)
href: start-layout-xml-desktop.md
+- name: XML schema definition (XSD)
+ href: xsd.md
- name: Troubleshoot Start menu errors 🔗
href: /troubleshoot/windows-client/shell-experience/troubleshoot-start-menu-errors
diff --git a/windows/configuration/start/xsd.md b/windows/configuration/start/xsd.md
new file mode 100644
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+---
+title: Start XML Schema Definition (XSD)
+description: Start XSD reference article.
+ms.topic: reference
+ms.date: 02/15/2024
+---
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+# Start XML Schema Definition (XSD)
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+This reference article contains the Start XML schema definition (XSD).
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+## StartLayoutSchema
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+## Taskbar
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