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I wish to use a option on the silent installer to import a exported configuration.
The documented installer switches are /s and /noreboot, and neither of them takes a settings file, so the configuration has to arrive separately from the install.
The supported route is a registry value that points Start11 at a backup file. Set it on the machine after the silent install:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
SettingsImportPath = the full path to your .S11Backup file
Start8 in that path is not a typo. It is a carry-over from that version and it is still the branch Start11 writes to.
On the next login or Explorer restart it imports that file, replacing all existing settings. The .S11Backup itself comes from the Settings backup tab in the Start11 v2 configuration.
The part worth planning around is that this is not a one-shot import. It re-applies on every login and every Explorer restart, and replaces everything each time, so changes a user makes afterwards will not survive their next sign-in. That is by design, and it is also the answer whenever someone reports their start menu settings resetting constantly on a managed machine.
If you want a standard baseline that specific machines can deviate from, set AllowLocalImportPath to 1 in the same HKLM key and put a per-device path in SettingsImportPath under HKCU. The HKCU value takes precedence for that user.
These are all v2 keys. None of them do anything on Start11 v1 or Start10.
The full key list is on the Start Menu Products registry settings page: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1750138994
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Basj,
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The documented installer switches are /s and /noreboot, and neither of them takes a settings file, so the configuration has to arrive separately from the install.
The supported route is a registry value that points Start11 at a backup file. Set it on the machine after the silent install:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
SettingsImportPath = the full path to your .S11Backup file
Start8 in that path is not a typo. It is a carry-over from that version and it is still the branch Start11 writes to.
On the next login or Explorer restart it imports that file, replacing all existing settings. The .S11Backup itself comes from the Settings backup tab in the Start11 v2 configuration.
The part worth planning around is that this is not a one-shot import. It re-applies on every login and every Explorer restart, and replaces everything each time, so changes a user makes afterwards will not survive their next sign-in. That is by design, and it is also the answer whenever someone reports their start menu settings resetting constantly on a managed machine.
If you want a standard baseline that specific machines can deviate from, set AllowLocalImportPath to 1 in the same HKLM key and put a per-device path in SettingsImportPath under HKCU. The HKCU value takes precedence for that user.
These are all v2 keys. None of them do anything on Start11 v1 or Start10.
The full key list is on the Start Menu Products registry settings page: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1750138994
Heads up the SettingsImportPath entry is for business edition versions only.
Is your plan to just import the settings directly after install, or were you wanting to deploy settings each reboot, or on certain situations?
It would only be just to avoid having to initially see the wrong start menu before importing the settings, due to my OCD, it is a minor issue, so not a big deal if I cant do it.
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