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title: "Stardock Start Menu Group Policy"
canonical: "https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1287553030/Stardock%20Start%20Menu%20Group%20Policy"
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> Macro (excerpt)
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> **Note: **These Start8/10 policies have yet to be updated for Start11 but should work for some basic things.
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> Templates for configuring Start via Group Policy can be found in the GroupPolicy folder:  
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> C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\GroupPolicy
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> These should be placed in .\Windows\PolicyDefinitions on your domain controller and can be accessed [on Server 2012] via Server Manager / Tools /
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> Group Policy Management.  The adml file should be placed in the proper language directory. For English, for example, the adml file  would be placed under PolicyDefinitions\en-US.
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> Right click on your domain, and select "Create a GPO in this domain, and
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> Link it here..." to create a new GPO, name it, then right click and select
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> "Edit".  You can also edit an existing GPO depending on your setup.
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> The Start8/10 policies will be located under User Configuration / Policies /
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> Admin Templates / Start8 in the domain Group Policy editor.
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> Once you are done, you may need to right click the GPO you created and select
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> "Enforced" for the policies to start being put into use.
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> You can see a full list of Start8/10 GPO options here:
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> [https://stardock.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SHC/pages/1339883565](https://stardock.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SHC/pages/1339883565)