I am doing the following for selecting the items to display on the User Start Menu.
- On a PC running Windows 8 Enterprise RP or Windows 8 Server RP, customize the Start screen. For more information, seeHow to Customize the Start Screen.
- Run the Sysprep tool to initialize system cleanup. For example, from a command prompt type:
%windir%\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.exe
SelectEnter System Audit Mode and Restart and click OK.
- Copy the AppsFolderLayout.bin file from the user profile with the customized Start screen. For example, to copy the Start screen customizations for “TestProfile” to a USB flash drive, at a command prompt, type:
xcopy C:\Users\TestProfile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\AppsFolderLayout.bin file F:\ /h
- In the mounted or online Windows 8 Enterprise or Windows Server 2012 image that you want to add the Start screen customizations to, copy the AppsFolderLayout.bin file to the default user profile. For example, at a command prompt, type:
xcopy F:\AppsFolderLayout.bin C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft
But what is happening is that the rest of the out of the box windows 8 apps are then loading in afterwards. How do I stop the out-of-the-box applications from returning to the Start Menu after the sysprep?
David Nudelman
MVP: Windows Expert - IT Pro
MCSE, MCTS: Vista, Windows 7, Exchange 2007
MCITP: Windows Server 2008, Windows 7
Web:http://blogs.itpro.es/david
