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Customizing the Windows 8.1 Start Screen Removing Built-in Applications from Windows 8.1 This procedure only works when you are building your Reference Golden Image.  The appx are removed and will not be installed for all new users who login in. If you want to remove all of the built-in applications then you can use the following simple PowerShell commands: Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –online Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage Once the apps are removed and the start screen is configured the way you want see my post on Exporting the layout and importing using powershell here. http://www.syswow64.co.uk/2013/11/customize-windows-81-start-screen.html

Customizing the Windows 8.1 Start Screen Removing Built-in Applications from Windows 8.1 This procedure only works when you are building your Reference Golden Image.  The appx are removed and will not be installed for all new users who login in. If you want to remove all of the built-in applications then you can use the following simple PowerShell commands: Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –online Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage Once the apps are removed and the start screen is configured the way you want see my post on Exporting the layout and importing using powershell here. http://www.syswow64.co.uk/2013/11/customize-windows-81-start-screen.html

Customize the Windows 8.1 Start Screen during MDT task sequence Enterprise deployment For enterprises, Windows 8.1 delivers the control around the Start Screen that should have been there in Windows 8.0, there’s still no programmatic way to pin or unpin shortcuts from the Start Screen. Windows 8.1 introduces a Group Policy method for distributing a Start Screen layout, but that’s a policy – i.e. it’s enforced that approach only makes sense in specific cases (e.g. schools, kiosks etc.). Note that Start Screen control is only available in Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows RT 8.1 Microsoft have an article available on TechNet that describes a number of ways that you can configure the default Start Screen experience that will work for Windows 8/8.1, Window Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, but the choices are: 1.Create a reference image and use the CopyProfile setting in unattend.xml to customise the default profile including the Start Screen 2.Use the StartTiles s...

Customize the Windows 8.1 Start Screen during MDT task sequence Enterprise deployment For enterprises, Windows 8.1 delivers the control around the Start Screen that should have been there in Windows 8.0, there’s still no programmatic way to pin or unpin shortcuts from the Start Screen. Windows 8.1 introduces a Group Policy method for distributing a Start Screen layout, but that’s a policy – i.e. it’s enforced that approach only makes sense in specific cases (e.g. schools, kiosks etc.). Note that Start Screen control is only available in Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows RT 8.1 Microsoft have an article available on TechNet that describes a number of ways that you can configure the default Start Screen experience that will work for Windows 8/8.1, Window Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, but the choices are: 1.Create a reference image and use the CopyProfile setting in unattend.xml to customise the default profile including the Start Screen 2.Use the S...