Provide a description of requested docs changes
Sandbox version: 0.5.3.0
Build number: 10.0.26200.0
What I've tried
Create a custom shortcut in either one of the special folders StartMenu or CommonStartMenu
For this I use WScript.Shell from powershell.
The below code is missing some safety checks and relevant code intentionally to keep this report short.
$wshShell = New-Object -ComObject 'WScript.Shell'
$shortcut = $wshShell.CreateShortcut('$appFolder\$appName.lnk')
$shortcut.TargetPath = '...'
$shortcut.Arguments = '...'
$shortcut.Save()
One option to pin/unpin that I found is to use context menus.
Either by opening up the virtual folder AppsFolder using Shell.Application and Shell.NameSpace.
$shellApp = New-Object -ComObject 'Shell.Application'
$appsFolder = $shellApp.NameSpace('shell:AppsFolder')
$appItem = $appsFolder.Items() | where { $_.Name -eq $appName }
$appItem.Verbs() | % { Write-Host "Verb: $($_.Name)" }
# ... <- Find pin/unpin option
$option.DoIt()
Or the shortcut in the "(Common) Start Menu" folders.
$shellApp = New-Object -ComObject 'Shell.Application'
$itemFolderPath = Split-Path $appPath -Parent
$itemName = Split-Path $appPath -Leaf
$itemFolder = $shellApp.NameSpace($itemFolderPath)
$item = $itemFolder.ParseName($itemName)
$verbs = $item.Verbs()
# ... <- Find pin/unpin option
$option.DoIt()
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/folderitemverb
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/folderitem
This API seems to be silently deprecated? As the pin and unpin options are the only options (as far as I've tested) that when called via DoIt always result in access denied (even outside of a Sandbox).
The same issue seems to be occurring here: https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/windows-10-1909-why-are-pin-to-start-taskbar-verbs-through-powershell-broken.292591/
An alternative there suggested is to use group policy. I tried that, but the documentation mentions logging off and on again is required, which doesn't work in Sandbox.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/taskbar/pinned-apps?tabs=gpo&pivots=windows-11
I tried gpupdate, but that didn't work.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/Policy/applying-group-policy
There is no option in the specific Sandbox GSP documentation for specifying a layout .xml file.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-windowssandbox
Provide a description of requested docs changes
Sandbox version: 0.5.3.0
Build number: 10.0.26200.0
What I've tried
Create a custom shortcut in either one of the special folders StartMenu or CommonStartMenu
For this I use
WScript.Shellfrom powershell.One option to pin/unpin that I found is to use context menus.
Either by opening up the virtual folder AppsFolder using
Shell.ApplicationandShell.NameSpace.Or the shortcut in the "(Common) Start Menu" folders.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/folderitemverb
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/folderitem
This API seems to be silently deprecated? As the pin and unpin options are the only options (as far as I've tested) that when called via
DoItalways result in access denied (even outside of a Sandbox).The same issue seems to be occurring here: https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/windows-10-1909-why-are-pin-to-start-taskbar-verbs-through-powershell-broken.292591/
An alternative there suggested is to use group policy. I tried that, but the documentation mentions logging off and on again is required, which doesn't work in Sandbox.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/taskbar/pinned-apps?tabs=gpo&pivots=windows-11
I tried
gpupdate, but that didn't work.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/Policy/applying-group-policy
There is no option in the specific Sandbox GSP documentation for specifying a layout .xml file.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-windowssandbox