6 Appendix A: Product Behavior

The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Windows 7 operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system

  • Windows 8 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 operating system

  • Windows 8.1 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

  • Windows 10 operating system

  • Windows Server 2016 operating system

  • Windows Server 2019 operating system

  • Windows Server 2022 operating system

  • Windows 11 operating system

  • Windows Server 2025 operating system

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 1.7: The Windows 7 TSWPP client implementation never requests a specific version of the XML feed from the server.

<2> Section 1.7: The Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system TSWPP server implementation never honors client requests for a specific schema version and always returns an XML feed adhering to schema version 1.1.

<3> Section 1.7: The Windows 7 TSWPP client implementation never requests a specific version of the XML feed from the server.

<4> Section 1.7: The Windows Server 2008 R2 TSWPP server implementation never honors client requests for a specific schema version and always returns an XML feed adhering to schema version 1.1.

<5> Section 2.2.1.4: The Windows Server 2008 R2 TSWPP server implementation always uses the "text/xml" Content-Type.

<6> Section 2.2.2.1.13: The Windows Server 2008 R2 implementation always leaves the <FileExtensions> element empty.

<7> Section 2.2.5: The Windows 7 TSWPP client implementation never requests a specific version of the XML feed from the server.

<8> Section 2.2.5: The Windows Server 2008 R2 TSWPP server implementation never honors client requests for a specific schema version and always returns an XML feed adhering to schema version 1.1.

<9> Section 3.1.1.3:  Windows client implementations use the information in icon files in the presentation of the Windows Start menu.

<10> Section 3.1.1.4: The Windows client implementations use the information in resource files in launching remote applications from the Windows Start menu.