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Installing Device Metadata Packages to an Offline Windows Image

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Computer OEMs can add device metadata packages to an offline image of Windows by copying the packages to the local device metadata store. This store is in the following location:

%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataStore\<locale>

You must first create the <locale> subdirectory based on the target locale of the device metadata package. Then you must copy the metadata package to the appropriate <locale> subdirectory.

For example, a device metadata package that is localized for the English language of Great Britain must be copied to the following location:

%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataStore\EN-GB

A device metadata package that is localized for the Japanese language must be copied to the following location:

%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataStore\JA

For more information, see Device Metadata Store.