SquareTile5 specifies which application appears as a square tile on the Start menu, in position SquareTile5. This position may vary based on the screen size, resolution, and DPI of the target Windows® 8 PC.

If the region of the current user account is among those in the Start Tile regional layouts, you can use this setting. For more information, see RegionalOverrides.

Child Elements

AppId

Specifies the Windows Store apps appearing on square tiles on the Start screen.

FirstRunTask

Specifies the background task that is active, or live, by default for the tile.

Valid Configuration Passes

specialize

auditUser

oobeSystem

Parent Hierarchy

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 use the <SquareTile5> component.

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<SquareTiles>
		<SquareOrDesktopTile1>
			 <AppIdOrPath>C:\programdata\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\desktoptile1.lnk</AppIdOrPath>
			 <FirstRunTask>backgroundtask.js</FirstRunTask>
		</SquareOrDesktopTile1>
		<SquareOrDesktopTile2>
			 <AppIdOrPath>67890ChannelFabrikam.channel-JKL_mnop1234789!App</AppIdOrPath>
			 <FirstRunTask>Fabrikam.FirstRunTask</FirstRunTask>
		</SquareOrDesktopTile2>
		<SquareOrDesktopTile3>
			 <AppIdOrPath>C:\programdata\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\desktoptile3.lnk</AppIdOrPath>
		</SquareOrDesktopTile3>
		<SquareTile1>
			 <AppId>12345ChannelFabrikam.channel-ABC_defghij6789!App</AppId>
			 <FirstRunTask>backgroundtask.js</FirstRunTask>
		</SquareTile1>
		<SquareTile2>
			 <AppId>34567ChannelFabrikam.channel-DEF_012ghijk345!App</AppId>
			 <FirstRunTask>Fabrikam.FirstRunTask</FirstRunTask>
		</SquareTile2>
		<SquareTile3>
			 <AppId>56789ChannelFabrikam.channel-GHI_67890jklmno!App</AppId>
		</SquareTile3>
	 </SquareTiles> 

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