Backup and Restore Start Menu Layout in Windows 10

FreeBooter · 17 Sep 2019

Code:

:: Backup and Restore Start Menu Layout in Windows 10

@Echo Off 

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

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Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo           Do You Want to Backup Start Menu Layout in Windows 10 (Y/N)?   
Echo.       
Echo.
Echo.


Set /p input= RESPONSE: 

If /i  Not %input%==Y (Goto :_Ex) Else (Goto :_Start) 

:_Ex
If /i Not %input%==N  (Goto :EOF) Else (Goto :_RegRestore)



:_Start

Md C:\StartMenuBackup

Reg Export "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CloudStore\Store\Cache\DefaultAccount"  C:\StartMenuBackup\Backup.reg /y

Copy /Y "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\DefaultLayouts.xml"  C:\StartMenuBackup




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Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo            Backing up Start Menu Layout
Echo.
Echo.
Echo. 
Ping -n 6 localhost >Nul
Exit


:_RegRestore

Reg Delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CloudStore\Store\Cache\DefaultAccount" /f

Reg Import C:\StartMenuBackup\Backup.reg

Copy /Y C:\StartMenuBackup\DefaultLayouts.xml  "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Shell"

Cls & Mode CON  LINES=11 COLS=50 & Color 0E & Title Created By FreeBooter
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo            Restoring Start Menu Layout
Echo.
Echo.
Echo. 
Ping -n 6 localhost >Nul




CHOICE /C YN /M "Press Y to Reboot, N for exiting script."


If %errorlevel% == 1 ( Shutdown /r /t 0) Else (Exit)

Backup and Restore Start Layout in Windows 10

Andrew129260 · 04 Oct 2019

nice bat.

Just a suggestion, when making any bat file I like putting this in at the start, so you can just click on yes on the uac prompt and it gets admin privileges.

Code:

:BatchGotAdmin
@ echo off
echo Requesting Administrative Privileges for nameofbatfile...
timeout /t 3 /nobreak >nul
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )
:UACPrompt
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
exit /B
:gotAdmin
if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
pushd "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
echo Successfully achieved admin rights.....
timeout /t 3 /nobreak >nul

FreeBooter · 04 Oct 2019

I use below code to prompt for administrator privileges.

Code:

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

cereberus · 05 Oct 2019

To: @Brink

CC: @FreeBooter

Hey Shawn, it would be nice to add something like this to your tutorial.

Cheers

M.

Andrew129260 · 05 Oct 2019

FreeBooter said:

I use below code to prompt for administrator privileges.

Code:

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

Weird, cause when i copied your code and turned it into bat it didnt work for me when i clicked on yes. But did when i right clicked and ran as admin

topgundcp · 06 Oct 2019

FYI, Here's a little portable program ( <1MB) is doing just that with nice interface. You can save/restore multiple versions of the start menu, reset to original as fresh install.
Backup Start menu layout v1.3

FreeBooter · 06 Oct 2019

Andrew129260 said:

Weird, cause when i copied your code and turned it into bat it didnt work for me when i clicked on yes. But did when i right clicked and ran as admin

I think code does not work when there is space in the file name.