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I have a Windows Server 2012 RDS environment. I wish to standardize the settings of the classic start menu so that each unique user receives the same classic start menu settings. I would also like for the users to not receive the initial configuration screen when they launch for the first time.

Is there an (unofficial) admx template I can use to initiate this via group policy?

Where are the settings stored classic start menu? Registry? App Data? Program Files?

I look forward to your response.

We do the same thing as you want. There are various ways to do this depending upon your environment. If users have already logged on to the RDS server and have a profile the best way would be to create a registry collection in a GPO in Users preferences. To do this first setup Classic Shell the way you want. Then through GPMC add in the registry settings you have just created from:
HKCU\Software\IvoSoft.
If no users have used the server then the best approach would be to export the registry settings you just created then load the hive file at C:\Users\Default.ntuser.dat into the registry at say HKEY_USERS\ giving it a temp name such as "def", then edit the registry file changing all the paths: HKEY_CURRENT_USER to HKEY_USERS\def. Then load the file and unload the ntuser.dat
I have attached and example reg file saved as txt. This is for the 3.9.0 beta
Regards,
Pete

Classic Shell 4.0.4 introduces Group Policy support for its own settings. The file, C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\PolicyDefinitions.zip includes the policy definitions. If you have an Active Directory domain, extract the files to %logonserver%\sysvol\%userdnsdomain%\policies\PolicyDefinitions\ or whatever your Group Policy Central Store is. For Local Group Policy, extract them to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder.

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