{"id":1422,"date":"2018-05-23T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2018-05-23T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:22:08","slug":"backup-start-menu-layout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/backup-start-menu-layout\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup Start Menu Layout in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Windows 10, Microsoft has revived the Start menu, which has been welcomed by many users. Compared to the Start menu in previous versions of Windows, the new menu is updated with the ability to pin live tiles of Modern apps. You may want to create a backup copy of your Start menu layout. Here is how.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Backup Start Menu Layout in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>Registry Editor<\/b> app. To do so, just press Win+R keys, type <b>regedit.exe<\/b> and press OK.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-open-registry-editor.png\" alt=\"windows-10-open-registry-editor\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to Registry key<br \/>\n<b><i>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\CloudStore\\Store\\Cache\\DefaultAccount<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-defaultaccount.png\" alt=\"windows-10-defaultaccount\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that, right-click on the <b>DefaultAccount<\/b> key at the left pane, and select <b>Export<\/b> in the context menu.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-export-registry-key.png\" alt=\"windows-10-export-registry-key\"  class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: Choose the folder where you want to store your Start menu backup, specify the name for the REG file and click on the <b>Save\/b<> button.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-choose-folder-to-save-registry.png\" alt=\"windows-10-choose-folder-to-save-registry\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: Finally, open File Explorer and copy <b>DefaultLayouts.xml<\/b> from <b><i>%LocalAppData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Shell<\/i><\/b> to the folder where you store your *.reg file at the previous step.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/windows-10-backup-start-menu-layout.png\" alt=\"windows-10-backup-start-menu-layout\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Backup Start Menu Layout in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Backup Start Menu Layout in Windows 10? 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