[Johan Hexnode 24 January 2022 Johan Moderator]

Hey @colten,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Customizing the Taskbar for Windows devices in kiosk lockdown can be achieved by adding a few simple commands to the Start menu layout XML file. To download the Start menu layout XML file, open the PowerShell app on your Windows device and type in the following command.

Export-StartLayout –path <path><filename>.xml

This will produce an XML file on your device containing only the Start menu layout commands. To configure the Taskbar layout, copy and paste the given set of commands above the </LayoutModificationTemplate> tag in the XML file.

Script to configure Taskbar on Windows

Shell

<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace"><defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout><taskbar:TaskbarPinList xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="<Application link path>" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="<Application link path>" /> </taskbar:TaskbarPinList></defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

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<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace"><defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout><taskbar:TaskbarPinList xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="<Application link path>" /> <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="<Application link path>" /> </taskbar:TaskbarPinList></defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout> </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

Add your required applications to the taskbar by replacing <Application link path> with the required application link paths. Then, while configuring the multi-app kiosk for Windows devices, upload this XML file as the Start menu file.

Hope this helps your query.

Cheers!
Johan Blake
Hexnode UEM