abbodi1406, yes, the target machine's OS is x64 version. But it doesn't boot now because it got out of order for some reason (hasn't been re-installed for years, I suppose it got clogged with garbage, not to mention overloaded hard drive, which was the nail in the coffin as far as I can tell). So I was planning to re-install using the bootable flash card. By flash card I mean MMC. I was hoping to use the built-in card reader for that. The laptop's card reader is connected to internal USB port I suppose (I think all built-in readers of this type are). Thank you. EDIT: I can also use a microSD to USB converter to mimic a USB stick instead of using SD card (which may not work, by the way). I was looking to choose "Windows Boot Manager" for the boot source in the BIOS setup.
Does anyone know what exactly is being done by Microsoft Media Creation Tool when it creates UEFI bootable USB device? How can we imitate its actions using built-in Windows utilities? This would be nice to know since there seems no way to specify a different ISO for this tool to use other than the one it(!) decided (based on the OS it was launched from): it just downloads some ISO I am not even sure is the one I need (had to cancel).
Can anybody point out any mistakes in the following setupcomplete.cmd? I shoved it in a 19041.1 + W10UI latest update iso, there's no "issues" with the iso or the runtimes, my problem is the desktop icons for This PC, User, etc. don't show up after installation. Code: @ECHO OFF PushD "%~dp0" rem Hibernation OFF powercfg -h off rem Desktop Icons: 0 = Show Icon / 1 = Hide Icon rem User's Files Reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel" /v "{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul rem This PC/My Computer Reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel" /v "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul rem Recycle Bin (usually shown by default) Reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel" /v "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul rem Control Panel Reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel" /v "{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul rem Network Reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel" /v "{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul rem Runtimes installtion START "" /WAIT "%SystemRoot%\Setup\Runtimes\directx.exe" /ai /gm2 START "" /WAIT "%SystemRoot%\Setup\Runtimes\visualc.exe" /ai /gm2 rem SetupComplete CleanUp Reg Add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\SetupComplete-CleanUp" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "SetupComplete CleanUp" /f 1>NUL Reg Add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\SetupComplete-CleanUp" /v "1" /t REG_SZ /d "CMD /c RmDir /s /q \"%SystemRoot%\Setup\Runtimes\"" /f 1>NUL Reg Add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\SetupComplete-CleanUp" /v "2" /t REG_SZ /d "CMD /c RmDir /s /q \"%SystemRoot%\Setup\Scripts\"" /f 1>NUL EXIT I took the reg lines from the MRP project.
Maybe if you ran it in Runonce it might work. I use a reg file for this, which is run after windows has been installed and the desktop has been opened.
setupcomplete.cmd runs under system account, registry "HKCU" path point to "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18" in this case use unattend.xml FirstLogonCommands section
After some fumbling around with the suggestions, I managed to make it work kinda another way. Still inside setupcomplete.cmd : Local Machine instead of Current User. I imagine that's fine for my purposes?
It depends, if the OS read the settings from machine registry or not usually it does, but not for some "modern" UI features in win10 19041 / win11
Theoretical question: Is it possible to make dism "portable"? For example, copy dism.exe and all it's dependencies from a newer windows install to an older? In other words, if my host system is 21H2 and I want to use dism from 24h2 on my old 21h2 host, is it possible? The question is simply, is it possible to do this?
Dunno about portable, but if you install the ADK from the higher version, that higher DISM usually comes with it.
Every time I download the ADK, I get the .1 version of dism in every package. I cd to the Dism directory in \Program Files (x86) and check the version... every download shows Dism version x.1. Maybe I'm doing something wrong or testing the wrong executable?
DISM sub build number rarely changes, only when actual changes are applied to it. It doesn't simply change for the heck of it. Seeing an older or even .1 DISM version is not unusual. Version information in Windows is a mishmash of build numbers, these days. IF there are important changes done to an ADK component, well, new ADK is released.
I wanted to know how FBConan, the creator of X-Lite OS, compresses the ISO and Windows so much. Is there some trick or how does he do it?
How he chopped it only they know. How to compress install.wim to install.esd: WIM <> ESD How to create an ISO with install.esd/swm: Win_ISO_WIM_ESD_SWM_Handling_Tool_v3.0 (April 15. 2024)
Today i searched lots of pages for to find a way to convert swm to wim. Can not you make a very easy tool SWM <> WIM script to select individual indexes or all indexes. When creating swm only to enter size. At the end i converted with dism++ Thats the only tool that works good.
I do not remember did not looked. It should not be different. SWM is not a compression method. It only divides wim file to desired size.