The procedure described so far only works with Modern apps. You should use the Group Policy User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > System > Logon for this purpose because the logon scripts in the Windows Settings Group Policy run too early in the logon process. You could do this with a little batch script: taskkill /f /im explorer.exe Hence, one way to deploy your Taskbar configuration is to restart Explorer right after the user logs on with a logon script. If you restart File Explorer through the Task Manager after the first logon, the Taskbar will load the new settings right away. The reason is that Group Policy Preferences deploys Registry settings after Windows Explorer is already loaded. This also works with the Taskband Registry key however, your users will only get the new configuration after they log on the second time. In a previous post, I explained how you can convert the REG file into an XML file and then import the Registry settings into Group Policy Preferences. However, you can configure the Taskbar on a reference machine, export the Taskband Registry key, and then deploy the corresponding REG file. Thus, you can’t just edit the Registry manually to configure the Taskbar.

Taskband - Registry settings of the pinned apps on the TaskbarĪs you can see in the screenshot, the Registry entries are rather cryptic.

Pin office 365 to taskbar