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I'd like to modify the default user profile for Windows 10 - which includes making a few registry changes, applying a custom theme, and adding shortcuts to the desktop/taskbar.
The goal being any user who logs in to the PC will have these default profile settings applied to their local user account.
I've done this successfully on Windows 7 by creating a "reference" user profile, applying the theme/registry changes, then copying the reference profile's NTUSER.dat file to C:\Users\Default.
This no longer appears to work properly for Win10; While the reg changes and background apply properly, the taskbar becomes unusable - the search bar disappears and the taskbar shortcuts (including file explorer) become corrupted.
As stated in the title, unfortunately I'm unable to use Group Policy or Active Directory to achieve this, and also can't make any changes to the Windows image through sysprep or other means.
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The goal being any user who logs in to the PC will have these default profile settings applied to their local user account.
I've done this successfully on Windows 7 by creating a "reference" user profile, applying the theme/registry changes, then copying the reference profile's NTUSER.dat file to C:\Users\Default.
This no longer appears to work properly for Win10; While the reg changes and background apply properly, the taskbar becomes unusable - the search bar disappears and the taskbar shortcuts (including file explorer) become corrupted.
As stated in the title, unfortunately I'm unable to use Group Policy or Active Directory to achieve this, and also can't make any changes to the Windows image through sysprep or other means.
Continue reading...