Start Menu and Taskbar customization

Classic Shell, Start10.

Janothin said:

I cannot deploy freeware that modifies the dock. I'm looking into customizing the start menu using an XML file.

Start10 is not Freeware, Classicshell code has been released so that others can continue to develop it on their own. Suggest looking on microsoft.com for how to modify the layout xml file. You can either develop a solution on your own using the Classicshell code, pay for Start10 or use the info at microsoft.com to do the xml coding for the layout.

Janothin said:

I have reviewed the documentation but it doesn't specifially say how to limit the columns that appear for the tiles. Anyone else can make recommendations?

Did you go through the information at Start layout XML for desktop editions of Windows 10 (Windows 10) | Microsoft Docs ? Layout Options is how you define the columns from 1 to 2. Start layout XML for desktop editions of Windows 10 (Windows 10) | Microsoft Docs Customize the Start layout | Microsoft Docs

I tried to alter the column, but it's still showing two columns instead of just one column with everything under it.

Update:

By default, after installing Windows 10 there is are two columns (I believe thats what its called) with all the tiles. I would like there to be just one column, in which I can make sections with names and rows that go into the section. Does that makes sense?

After re-imaging a computer with my image, it defaults back into two of the columns instead of keeping it in one.