Windows 10 Start Menu generalization, tips/tricks/guides?

Here is a sample of the XML file that I use: <LayoutModificationTemplate Version="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"> <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" /> <DefaultLayoutOverride LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType="OnlySpecifiedGroups"> <StartLayoutCollection> <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"> <start:Group Name="News and Weather" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"> <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.BingNews_8wekyb3d8bbwe!AppexNews" /> <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.BingWeather_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" /> /start:Group <start:Group Name="Browsers" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="Chrome" /> <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="308046B0AF4A39CB" /> /start:Group <start:Group Name="App Store" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"> <start:Tile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" AppUserModelID="Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" /> /start:Group <start:Group Name="Office 2016" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}\Microsoft Office\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="2" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}\Microsoft Office\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE" /> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="4" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}\Microsoft Office\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /> /start:Group <start:Group Name="SmartBoard" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"> <start:DesktopApplicationTile Size="2x2" Column="0" Row="0" DesktopApplicationID="{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}\SMART Technologies\Education Software\Notebook.exe" /> /start:Group /defaultlayout:StartLayout </StartLayoutCollection> </DefaultLayoutOverride> </LayoutModificationTemplate>

You must include <DefaultLayoutOverride LayoutCustomizationRestrictionType="OnlySpecifiedGroups"> is you want users to be able to pin items to the start menu.

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