How to Change DVD Drive Region Code in Windows 10

Maator

Editor

posted on 7 years ago — updated on 1 second ago

30
views

DVDs are used all over the world. Almost all DVDs are coded with a region code to play only in a specific region with a player that has a matching region code. One of the reasons is to control release dates.[1]
X
Research source

This wikiHow will show you how to change the region code of your DVD drive so it can play discs made for the chosen region.

Note: Since most drives limit the number of times you can change it, be careful about changing it many times. It's best to only follow these steps if you're moving.

Steps

Open File Explorer. This can be done by clicking the taskbar icon Windows File Explorer or pressing ⊞ Win+E.

Navigate to "This PC" from the left navigation pane.

Find your DVD drive under "Devices and drives".

Open the drive's properties. Right-click on the drive and choose Properties.

Navigate to the Hardware tab. The tabs are located at the top of the DVD drive properties window.

Open the properties of the device that the type is labeled as "DVD/CD-ROM Drives". Click the Properties button towards the bottom. The name of the drive will be different depending on the type of DVD drive your computer has.

Click on the DVD Region tab in the new window that opens.

Change the region. Click on a geographic region name to play DVDs meant only for that region. Underneath, the current region code and the one that will be set when you choose a country from the list right above will be shown. Here is a color-coded map of DVD regions with their corresponding region numbers:858px DVD Regions_with_key 2.svg.png