Apps keep pinning themselves on startup to the task bar, how do I stop this?

Anonymous
2020-05-20T21:09:14+00:00

Whenever I boot up my laptop MSI dragon center and xbox (beta) would be pinned to the task bar. I had to unpin everytime I use my laptop. How do I put an end to this? Please help. Thanks

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Anonymous
2020-07-16T21:12:31+00:00

This solved the problem for me.

https://superuser.com/questions/1460439/icons-automatically-pinned-to-taskbar-after-every-reboot-in-windows-10

C:\Users(youruserhere)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\LayoutModification.xml

Looking for this line

CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace"

I did a ctrl+f and searched "custom"

Found the lines with xbox app and dragon center app

Removed them and saved xml

Rebooted and they didnt show back up.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-12T15:09:56+00:00

    This worked beautifully for me! It was a 5 minute fix. thanks man! Happy Holidays!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-14T16:52:28+00:00

    I don't have dragon center but the Xbox (beta) app does the SAME thing. It's so annoying

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-24T00:26:34+00:00

    This solved the problem for me.

    https://superuser.com/questions/1460439/icons-automatically-pinned-to-taskbar-after-every-reboot-in-windows-10

    C:\Users(youruserhere)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\LayoutModification.xml

    Looking for this line

    CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace"

    I did a ctrl+f and searched "custom"

    Found the lines with xbox app and dragon center app

    Removed them and saved xml

    Rebooted and they didnt show back up. 

    I saw this in the LayoutModification.xml file 

    <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

        <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>

          <taskbar:TaskbarPinList>

            <taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="9426MICRO-STARINTERNATION.DragonCenter_kzh8wxbdkxb8p!App" /> 

            <taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="9426MICRO-STARINTERNATION.CreatorCenter_kzh8wxbdkxb8p!App" />

            <taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.Xbox.App" /> 

          </taskbar:TaskbarPinList>

        </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>

     </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

    removed 

     <taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="9426MICRO-STARINTERNATION.DragonCenter_kzh8wxbdkxb8p!App" /> 

    and 

    <taskbar:UWA AppUserModelID="Microsoft.GamingApp_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.Xbox.App" /> 

    this fixed the re-pin taskbar problem with the dragon center and xbox app store.

    The OS should honor the unpin command permanently and not require hand editing an XML file buried in the user AppData folder to permanently unpin an app. I wonder why it is so difficult to unpin these specific two apps from the taskbar... oh wait money, money is why. Having to do this Internet search and then hand edit of a file to remove these apps (that I never pinned) ensures I never use either of these apps unless I am forced to. It also indicates to me that no one would ever use either of these apps unless they were obnoxiously unremovable from the viewing area of the computer thus in front of the user without their consent continuously... like an advertisement. Surprised Edge wasn't also perma-pinned to the taskbar.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-12-24T12:50:50+00:00

    I tried everything...and nothing worked! Those pin are still there! I also deleted the entire LayoutModification.xml from my user, and defaut file, but pin are still there!!!!! Xbox and dragon center

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