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-#https://superuser.com/questions/1068382/how-to-remove-all-the-tiles-in-the-windows-10-start-menu
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-#Unpins all tiles from the Start Menu
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- Write-Output "Unpinning all tiles from the start menu"
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- (New-Object -Com Shell.Application).
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- NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').
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- Items() |
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- %{ $_.Verbs() } |
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- ?{$_.Name -match 'Un.*pin from Start'} |
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- %{$_.DoIt()}
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+# https://superuser.com/a/1442733
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+#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
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+
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+$START_MENU_LAYOUT = @"
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+<LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" Version="1" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification">
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+ <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" />
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+ <DefaultLayoutOverride>
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+ <StartLayoutCollection>
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+ <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" />
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+ </StartLayoutCollection>
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+ </DefaultLayoutOverride>
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+</LayoutModificationTemplate>
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+"@
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+
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+$layoutFile="C:\Windows\StartMenuLayout.xml"
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+
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+#Delete layout file if it already exists
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+If(Test-Path $layoutFile)
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+{
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+ Remove-Item $layoutFile
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+}
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+
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+#Creates the blank layout file
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+$START_MENU_LAYOUT | Out-File $layoutFile -Encoding ASCII
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+
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+$regAliases = @("HKLM", "HKCU")
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+
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+#Assign the start layout and force it to apply with "LockedStartLayout" at both the machine and user level
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+foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
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+ $basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
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+ $keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer"
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+ IF(!(Test-Path -Path $keyPath)) {
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+ New-Item -Path $basePath -Name "Explorer"
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+ }
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+ Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 1
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+ Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "StartLayoutFile" -Value $layoutFile
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+}
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+
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+#Restart Explorer, open the start menu (necessary to load the new layout), and give it a few seconds to process
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+Stop-Process -name explorer
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+Start-Sleep -s 5
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+$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^{ESCAPE}')
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+Start-Sleep -s 5
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+
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+#Enable the ability to pin items again by disabling "LockedStartLayout"
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+foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
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+ $basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
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+ $keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer"
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+ Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 0
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+}
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+
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+#Restart Explorer and delete the layout file
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+Stop-Process -name explorer
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+
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+# Uncomment the next line to make clean start menu default for all new users
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+#Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath $layoutFile -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\
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+
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+Remove-Item $layoutFile
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