Hi.
I work in .edu and my people can't understand Windows 8 at all. My solution was classic shell.
Let's say for a multi-user environment is it possible to retain start menu settings for all users such as remove "Computer" "Control Panel" "Default Programs" "Music" etc etc?
I see that 4.2 has an import xml ability. Should I just run that as a login script for all users as a master template (after I update the version)? Is there a standard default template I can just edit somewhere?
For example this is the text of the settings xml export file:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Settings component="StartMenu" version="4.1.0">
<SkipMetro value="1"/>
<MenuItems7>
<Line>Item1.Command=user_files</Line>
<Line>Item1.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item2.Command=user_documents</Line>
<Line>Item2.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item3.Command=user_pictures</Line>
<Line>Item3.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item4.Command=user_music</Line>
<Line>Item4.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item5.Command=user_videos</Line>
<Line>Item5.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item6.Command=downloads</Line>
<Line>Item6.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item7.Command=homegroup</Line>
<Line>Item7.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item8.Command=separator</Line>
<Line>Item9.Command=games</Line>
<Line>Item9.Settings=TRACK_RECENT|ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item10.Command=favorites</Line>
<Line>Item10.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item11.Command=recent_documents</Line>
<Line>Item11.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item12.Command=computer</Line>
<Line>Item12.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line>
<Line>Item13.Command=network</Line>
<Line>Item13.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item14.Command=network_connections</Line>
<Line>Item14.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item15.Command=separator</Line>
<Line>Item15.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item16.Command=control_panel</Line>
<Line>Item16.Settings=TRACK_RECENT|ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item17.Command=admin</Line>
<Line>Item17.Settings=TRACK_RECENT|ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item18.Command=devices</Line>
<Line>Item18.Settings=NOEXPAND</Line>
<Line>Item19.Command=defaults</Line>
<Line>Item19.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item20.Command=help</Line>
<Line>Item20.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item21.Command=run</Line>
<Line>Item21.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item22.Command=apps</Line>
<Line>Item22.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
<Line>Item23.Command=windows_security</Line>
<Line>Item23.Settings=ITEM_DISABLED</Line>
</MenuItems7>
</Settings>
Thanks!