CustomStartLayout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LayoutModificationTemplate
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"
    xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"
    xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"
    xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"
    Version="1">
  <LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" StartTileGroupsColumnCount="1" />
  <DefaultLayoutOverride>
    <StartLayoutCollection>
      <defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6">
      </defaultlayout:StartLayout>
    </StartLayoutCollection>
  </DefaultLayoutOverride>
    <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
      <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
        <taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Productivity Tools\Windows Terminal.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Utilities\CyberChef.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Disassemblers\ida.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Networking\fakenet.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\PE\CFF Explorer.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Utilities\procexp.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Utilities\procmon.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Productivity Tools\notepad++.lnk"/>
          <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%TOOL_LIST_DIR%\Productivity Tools\VisualStudio.lnk"/>
        </taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
      </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
    </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>