Regions
Applies To: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
Regions specifies a set of regions where Windows displays a customized set of apps that appear on the Start and Lock screens.
Each regional override can be used for multiple regions. For example, you could add a set of apps that are designed for South American business travel that only appear for your users in South America.
Your user’s region can be selected by the user during OOBE, or can be specified with Microsoft-Windows-International-Core\UserLocale.
If the selected region matches a region in Windows-Shell-Setup\StartMenu\RegionalOverrides\RegionalOverride\Regions\Region, then Windows displays the set of apps from that regional override. The set of apps is specified by Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\StartTiles\RegionalOverrides\RegionalOverride: WideTiles, SquareTiles, and LockScreen.
If the selected region doesn’t match any of these regions, then Windows displays the set of apps from Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\StartTiles: WideTiles, SquareTiles, and LockScreen.
Child Elements
Specifies a region that, when selected, shows a set of region-specific apps that appear on the Start and Lock screens. |
Valid Configuration Passes
specialize
auditUser
oobeSystem
Parent Hierarchy
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | StartTiles | RegionalOverrides | RegionalOverride| Regions
Applies To
For a list of the Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.
XML Example
The following XML output shows how to configure a set of Apps that apply to only in France and Italy.
<RegionalOverrides>
<RegionalOverride>
<Order>1</Order>
<Regions>
<Region>
<CountryOrRegionID>IT</CountryOrRegionID>
<Key>1</Key>
</Region>
<Region>
<CountryOrRegionID>FR</CountryOrRegionID>
<Key>2</Key>
</Region>
</Regions>
<!-- Square tiles, Wide Tiles, and LockScreen apps are specified here -->
</RegionalOverride>
<RegionalOverrides>
See Also
Concepts
RegionalOverride
StartTiles
UserLocale