Tagged: vmware

Bulk convert existing shortcuts to Dynamic Environment Manager

Recently I was involved in a project where I had to create a lot of shortcuts in VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM). DEM does not have a built-in option to bulk import existing shortcuts at this moment. Instead of creating the shortcuts all manually and since the DEM shortcuts are all file based (XML), I decided to create a small...

Fixing the empty Windows 10 Start Menu in stateless VDI

I am regularly asked why the start menu in Windows 10 remains mostly empty and only presents certain built-in apps/shortcuts. Scenario The fix described in this blog post is applicable in the following situation of which I know, but may also be applicable in other situations. Windows 10 v1803 and v1809 (but maybe other branch versions as well) Stateless /...