I added a couple of workarounds on the connect site. Basically you can still pin up to 3 Items for new profiles via the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TBDEn reg key.
Reg Add Syntax (REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TBDEn" /v SBOEM0 /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%%ALLUSERSPROFILE%%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox.lnk" /f) You can add additional links
by adding values and incrementing SBOEM0 to SBOEM1 etc. This will add to the existing Edge, File Explorer, and store icons created on new profiles.
Another method is to export Favorites reg binary from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband, and saving the shortcuts from C:\Users\<yourprofile>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User
Pinned\TaskBar, and to re-import on a new profile.
For best results, on the reference machine, delete the Favorites reg binary from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband. Then restart explorer via the task manager and manually pin the shortcuts that you
want. You can then export the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband key and copy all the shortcuts from the C:\Users\<yourprofile>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar
folder. I would also clear all the other reg types from the reg file except for the Favorites reg binary.
To add to a machine, just copy the shortcuts to the same location for the profile, import the regkey, and restart explorer. During imaging I have a step that copy's the shortcuts and regkey to the a folder on the c drive. I also create a cmd
file and put it in the C:/Users/Default/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start%20Menu/Programs/startup folder to copy the shortcuts, import the regkey, restart explorer and delete its self (the cmd file).
