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Figure 4.17 shows the same Start Screen as in Figure 4.15, but with the Sports app removed.

Figure 4.17: Start Screen After Sports App Removed.

Customizing the Start Screen

Customizing the Start Screen involves the arrangement of the tiles on the screen and grouping them into logical sections

and alternatively naming those sections. You do this by simply dragging the tiles into the desired location on the screen,

resizing them, or any other action that configures the screen any way you like. These customizations are stored in the

local Administrator profile and will be captured as-is during the deployment process, which is described in the Testing

the Image section later in this chapter.

It is a best practice, as discussed in the Considerations for Images section in Chapter 2, to not install apps on the

reference system. The guidance is to install apps during deployment, which is covered in Chapter 5. However, you can

still customize Start Screen tiles for apps that are not yet installed.

This is done by copying the layout of the Start Screen from a computer that does have the apps installed using a

template. A template stores the layout of the tiles, but does not install the apps. Figure 4.18 shows the Start Screen

before customization.