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# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Script is provided by an user from superuser.com
# Compatibility: Tested on Windows 10, version 1903, 1909, 2004
# Script was adapted for Spydish https://github.com/mirinsoft/spydish
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### This script will clean Windows 10s start menu from all the default pinned apps (live tiles) that you are using. ###
### It will remove all titles for the current logged user, plus it will optionally do the same for all new users accounts created on the computer.
$START_MENU_LAYOUT = @"
<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">
<LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" />
<DefaultLayoutOverride>
<StartLayoutCollection>
<defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" />
</StartLayoutCollection>
</DefaultLayoutOverride>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>
"@
$layoutFile="C:\Windows\StartMenuLayout.xml"
#Delete layout file if it already exists
If(Test-Path $layoutFile)
{
Remove-Item $layoutFile
}
#Creates the blank layout file
$START_MENU_LAYOUT | Out-File $layoutFile -Encoding ASCII
$regAliases = @("HKLM", "HKCU")
#Assign the start layout and force it to apply with "LockedStartLayout" at both the machine and user level
foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
$basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
$keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer"
IF(!(Test-Path -Path $keyPath)) {
New-Item -Path $basePath -Name "Explorer"
}
Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "StartLayoutFile" -Value $layoutFile
}
#Restart Explorer, open the start menu (necessary to load the new layout), and give it a few seconds to process
Stop-Process -name explorer
Start-Sleep -s 5
$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^{ESCAPE}')
Start-Sleep -s 5
#Enable the ability to pin items again by disabling "LockedStartLayout"
foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
$basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
$keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 0
}
#Restart Explorer and delete the layout file
Stop-Process -name explorer
# Uncomment the next line to make clean start menu default for all new users
#Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath $layoutFile -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\
Remove-Item $layoutFile