TaskBar Customization during Task Sequence execution Batch Script

There are two ways to customize your TaskBand during the Task Sequence execution.

1. Using PowerShell script

2. Batch Script as described here.

Pin the taskbar items whatever you want😊 as per your org requirement, not blindly😏

go to the location "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\" 

copy all the shortcut files from this location and save them to your reference package folder.

for me, I have created one folder on the reference machine desktop named "TaskBandAutomation\Taskbar".

now what next? open registry settings for users and navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband" and say export and save as TaskBand.reg. where? on your desktop or anywhere you want. anyway, we have to delete this file after getting some info from it.

Now, What?>We have to get the registry DROWD and BINARY value from TaskBand.reg.

How?> right-click on TaskBand.reg and open with notepad copy "FavoritesRemovedChanges", "FavoritesChanges", "FavoritesVersion" registry name and value too ! repeat the same for BINARY as well !!

Well done!!!! now create a new notepad and insert the below code into it.

and replace the value copied from the TaskBand.reg. Save the notepad as TaskBand.bat

xcopy.exe "%~dp0TaskBar\*.*" "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\" /D /E /C /I /Q /H /R /Y /S

reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband /v Favorites /t REG_BINARY /d "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" /f

reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband /v FavoritesResolve /t REG_BINARY /d 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reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband /v FavoritesVersion /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f

reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband /v FavoritesChanges /t REG_DWORD /d 77 /f

reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband /v FavoritesRemovedChanges /t REG_DWORD /d 15 /f

We have tested both the solution on 1909, 20H1, and 20H2 Windows 10 versions and it's working perfectly fine.

There are some advanced and condition base settings added into the PowerShell script. But initially, a batch script will help you to achieve your goal.