parentCategory Element
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
The parentCategory element specifies the location of the category in relationship to its parent category in the Group Policy Object Editor tree structure.
Syntax
<parentCategory ref="<placeholderNamespace>:<placeholderLogicalName>" />
Attributes
| Attributes | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
Yes |
References a previously defined category. |
Child elements
There are no child elements associated with this element.
Remarks
If the parentCategory element is omitted, the Group Policy Object Editor will display the category element under the Administrative Templates node. You cannot define more than one parentCategory for a category element.
Examples
This XML fragment is an example of a custom parentCategory element that is assumed to be declared inside the same .admx file as the element being referenced.
<parentCategory ref="SAMPLE" />
This XML fragment is an example of how to define a parentCategory element referencing the category defined in the Windows base file, Windows.admx.
<parentCategory ref="windows:WindowsComponents" />