From c9d27e3ae2bbb0c5a8a7ba958d9f74cb706345a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David <dontbothertheking@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:51:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix script not removing all the tiles

---
 Individual Scripts/Unpin Start | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Individual Scripts/Unpin Start b/Individual Scripts/Unpin Start
index 0ea0b42..b70c769 100644
--- a/Individual Scripts/Unpin Start	
+++ b/Individual Scripts/Unpin Start	
@@ -1,9 +1,58 @@
-#https://superuser.com/questions/1068382/how-to-remove-all-the-tiles-in-the-windows-10-start-menu
-#Unpins all tiles from the Start Menu
-    Write-Output "Unpinning all tiles from the start menu"
-    (New-Object -Com Shell.Application).
-    NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').
-    Items() |
-    %{ $_.Verbs() } |
-    ?{$_.Name -match 'Un.*pin from Start'} |
-    %{$_.DoIt()}
\ No newline at end of file
+# https://superuser.com/a/1442733
+#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
+
+$START_MENU_LAYOUT = @"
+<LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" Version="1" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification">
+    <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" />
+    <DefaultLayoutOverride>
+        <StartLayoutCollection>
+            <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" />
+        </StartLayoutCollection>
+    </DefaultLayoutOverride>
+</LayoutModificationTemplate>
+"@
+
+$layoutFile="C:\Windows\StartMenuLayout.xml"
+
+#Delete layout file if it already exists
+If(Test-Path $layoutFile)
+{
+    Remove-Item $layoutFile
+}
+
+#Creates the blank layout file
+$START_MENU_LAYOUT | Out-File $layoutFile -Encoding ASCII
+
+$regAliases = @("HKLM", "HKCU")
+
+#Assign the start layout and force it to apply with "LockedStartLayout" at both the machine and user level
+foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
+    $basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
+    $keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer" 
+    IF(!(Test-Path -Path $keyPath)) { 
+        New-Item -Path $basePath -Name "Explorer"
+    }
+    Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 1
+    Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "StartLayoutFile" -Value $layoutFile
+}
+
+#Restart Explorer, open the start menu (necessary to load the new layout), and give it a few seconds to process
+Stop-Process -name explorer
+Start-Sleep -s 5
+$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; $wshell.SendKeys('^{ESCAPE}')
+Start-Sleep -s 5
+
+#Enable the ability to pin items again by disabling "LockedStartLayout"
+foreach ($regAlias in $regAliases){
+    $basePath = $regAlias + ":\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows"
+    $keyPath = $basePath + "\Explorer" 
+    Set-ItemProperty -Path $keyPath -Name "LockedStartLayout" -Value 0
+}
+
+#Restart Explorer and delete the layout file
+Stop-Process -name explorer
+
+# Uncomment the next line to make clean start menu default for all new users
+#Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath $layoutFile -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\
+
+Remove-Item $layoutFile