Hello, 

I'm having an issue where I have icons pinned to the taskbar, in this case Google Chrome, and when I sysprep an image, upload it to our WDS server and deploy it the icon sometimes will show up on a user's taskbar and sometimes they won't depending on the image, I'm using the same unattend XML file and I'm using both CopyProfile and DoNotCleanTaskBar set to True, I've tried using and not using audit mode prior to sysprep and the results the same, half the time it works, half the time it doesn't.

Now here is the strange part the first time someone opens Google Chrome on their profile and closes it, it will be pinned to the task bar without manually pinning it, so I checked the default profile's taskbar folder, there is indeed a shortcut for Google Chrome but the icon isn't showing up unless someone opens Google Chrome first. Anyone else see an issue like this?

Hi,

As I know, <DoNotCleanTaskBar> value does not mean pinned items on taskbar. You can find its description in the link below:

DoNotCleanTaskBar

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715708.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

And this blog mentioend that "Many of the settings that are lost are related to the Start Menu and the Taskbar " when using copyprofile

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/07/28/customizing-default-users-profile-using-copyprofile.aspx

And as alternative way, we can use group policy to deploy the pined items. (similiar in Windows 8.1)

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/d172b4de-be7c-4149-8958-bebfe042ade1/forum-faq-how-to-deploy-windows-7-taskbar-pinned-icons-by-group-policy?forum=winserverGP

Or you can use the taskbarlink in unattend XML

TaskbarLinks

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715544.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Regards

Thank you for the response Yolanda, so if I'm understanding it correctly, even though the shortcuts exist in the C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folder there is no guarantee they will actually show up for every user that logs in for the first time on the computers with this image?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 18 hours 49 minutes ago

Thank you for the response Yolanda, so if I'm understanding it correctly, even though the shortcuts exist in the C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folder there is no guarantee they will actually show up for every user that logs in for the first time on the computers with this image?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:34 PM

Thank you for the response Yolanda, so if I'm understanding it correctly, even though the shortcuts exist in the C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folder there is no guarantee they will actually show up for every user that logs in for the first time on the computers with this image?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:34 PM

Thank you for the response Yolanda, so if I'm understanding it correctly, even though the shortcuts exist in the C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folder there is no guarantee they will actually show up for every user that logs in for the first time on the computers with this image?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:34 PM

Thank you for the response Yolanda, so if I'm understanding it correctly, even though the shortcuts exist in the C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folder there is no guarantee they will actually show up for every user that logs in for the first time on the computers with this image?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:34 PM

Thank you for the response Yolanda, so if I'm understanding it correctly, even though the shortcuts exist in the C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folder there is no guarantee they will actually show up for every user that logs in for the first time on the computers with this image?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:34 PM

Hi,

The shortcut should be in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

and also we need the registry entry

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband]

just as mentioend in the FAQ I pasted in my first reply.

I recommend using alternative way like GP to deploy the pinnned icons.

Regards

Yolanda, thank you, I'll try creating the group policy and pushing it to one of the OUs to see if this works, do I need to open any firewall ports in Windows Firewall or will the default domain policy be fine for this?

Hi,

To link a GPO to a OU, you can refer to this article, firewall will not block it by default, and as I know, we don't need to make any specific firewall settings.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732979.aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh147307(v=ws.10).aspx

After you applied the GPO, you can run gpresult /r in cmd to check whether the GPO is successfully applied in the client sider.

We don't recommend you you change the default domain policy, I recommedn you create new one, then apply it to a target.

Regards

What I was trying to do is set this OU for a group of computers, not users, so that the policy would only come into effect when a user logs in on a computer in this particular computer lab. I tried gpresult /r and it seemed to only list polices for my user account. Is what I'm trying to do not possible with AD Group Policy?

Also I tried testing the registry via local group policy on a machine, it would create the objects on the taskbar put they were simply empty white icons that wouldn't be filled in unless I first clicked on them.

I guess what I can't figure out is, if a shortcut is listed in " C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" why is not it replicating properly to all users that login for the first time to those machines? Isn't that the purpose of the default folder?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 13 hours 9 minutes ago

What I was trying to do is set this OU for a group of computers, not users, so that the policy would only come into effect when a user logs in on a computer in this particular computer lab. I tried gpresult /r and it seemed to only list polices for my user account. Is what I'm trying to do not possible with AD Group Policy?

Also I tried testing the registry via local group policy on a machine, it would create the objects on the taskbar put they were simply empty white icons that wouldn't be filled in unless I first clicked on them.

I guess what I can't figure out is, if a shortcut is listed in " C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" why is not it replicating properly to all users that login for the first time to those machines? Isn't that the purpose of the default folder?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 30, 2015 6:12 PM

What I was trying to do is set this OU for a group of computers, not users, so that the policy would only come into effect when a user logs in on a computer in this particular computer lab. I tried gpresult /r and it seemed to only list polices for my user account. Is what I'm trying to do not possible with AD Group Policy?

Also I tried testing the registry via local group policy on a machine, it would create the objects on the taskbar put they were simply empty white icons that wouldn't be filled in unless I first clicked on them.

I guess what I can't figure out is, if a shortcut is listed in " C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" why is not it replicating properly to all users that login for the first time to those machines? Isn't that the purpose of the default folder?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 30, 2015 6:12 PM

What I was trying to do is set this OU for a group of computers, not users, so that the policy would only come into effect when a user logs in on a computer in this particular computer lab. I tried gpresult /r and it seemed to only list polices for my user account. Is what I'm trying to do not possible with AD Group Policy?

Also I tried testing the registry via local group policy on a machine, it would create the objects on the taskbar put they were simply empty white icons that wouldn't be filled in unless I first clicked on them.

I guess what I can't figure out is, if a shortcut is listed in " C:\users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" why is not it replicating properly to all users that login for the first time to those machines? Isn't that the purpose of the default folder?

• Edited by BrianMIS2010 Thursday, April 30, 2015 6:12 PM

This can be achieved via GPO in a domain environment, and easily, if you're not familiar with How-To, you  can refer to the following link

https://4sysops.com/archives/configure-pinned-programs-on-the-windows-taskbar-with-group-policy/