Remember that this rule only applies to NEW user profiles, this is the moment the XML layout takes over. What happens if the rule applies to a domain user? The custom xml layout gets redirected, and the tiles are gone. Click on Manage Assignments and add “Domain Users” (or an appropriate group) apply and “Domain Admins” does not apply.Click on the “+” icon and create a Redirection ruleĬ:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\LayoutModification.xmlĬ:\Program Files (x86)\SuL\Citrix Management Tools\Startmenu\Startmenu tiles\LayoutModification.xml (use your folder here!).Click File> New and create a fxr file called “Startmenu-Layout-Users.fxr” or whatever you want in the folder “C:\Program Files\FSLogix\Apps\Rules”.This is how we create the AppMasking rule: The advantage is, that we do not change the original layout file, so that admins can use it. We need a rule to redirect the standard layout xml file to the custom xml file. That’s the first job for FSLogix AppMasking. Now we have a template, but how can we assign it to our users? Place the layout file “LayoutModifications.xml” in the folder Startmenu tiles.Create the subfolders Startmenu\Startmenu tiles.We (meaning my team at S&L) use to name the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\SuL\Citrix Management Tools but you can name it whatever you want. Create a folder on your reference system or golden master in which you put the templates we need.To use this template, follow these steps: Here are the contents of the “LayoutModifications.xml” file: This template also cleans the task bar, which is perfect for our use case. Based on the blog post from my fellow CTA Kasper Johansen, we take a suitable layout.xml file. To achieve this, we need a layout that we use as a template. I recommend removing all the tiles, so that the admin and (or) the user can create their own tiles. To adapt the layout, we need a LayoutModifications.xml file. Normally, new user profiles get the layout from the file “C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\DefaultLayouts.xml” Common start menu folders and items like Administrative Tools, Windows System, etc.OK, let’s start! There are five things we take care of: Of course, there are many others, but I can’t list them all here… The websites from CTPs Manuel Winkel, James Rankin and James Kindon are really great resources. You’ll find lots of documentation about installing WEM and FSLogix, so I don’t want to go into detail here. We need to install both, the WEM agent and FSLogix AppSuite on a Windows Server 2019, of course we also need a WEM Infrastructure server or the WEM cloud service. Same here for Citrix WEM, it’s included in your license (except standard edition), so give it a try, if you don’t already do so. Even if you don’t use FSLogix profiles yet, you should at least use the great AppMasking feature. I have a script that takes care of some special settings and future updates. I always recommend installing the FSLogix apps these days. So, no additional cost in most cases for third party software. The only tools we need to create a customized start menu are Citrix Workspace Environment Manager (WEM) and Microsoft FSLogix. This one looks so much better, doesn’t it?Īnd this is a what a Win-X menu can look like! It doesn’t take much to create a user (and admin) friendly start menu. Of course, you can (and should) restrict or block these apps, but why should a user see and access them at all? Customized Start Menu Just think of PowerShell, Computer Management, Administrative Tools, Device Manager, Windows Security, etc. There are a lot of items and links we like to hide from the user. This is what a normal start menu looks like after a user logs on to a Windows Server 2019!Īnd this is what the Win-X menu (right click on start) looks like: So, let’s face the challenge! Default Start Menu In this post, I will show you how to create a start menu for your RDSH users. Unfortunately, Microsoft only offers a few options for making changes to the start menu with standard tools like group policies. Without making any changes, users get a start menu that is fine for administrators, but not for normal users. You all know the challenge on a RDSH Windows Server 2019 to turn the start menu into a suitable start menu for the users.
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