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Project Options

A number of the project options are contained in the main WinFE project script - to display them, ensure that the script is selected by clicking on Mini-WinFE at the top of the directory tree on the left....

...one of the screens below will be displayed (toggle between them by clicking on the tab buttons (Options1, Options2, etc.)) -

• 1] Path to Source
• 2] Set 'boot.wim' Image number
• 3] Set 'install.wim' Image number
• 4] METHOD
• 5] Keyboard Layout
• 6] WinPE Language / Fallback Language
• 7] RAM Disk Size

1] Path to Source

Set the path to your source files by either manually entering the path or click on the Folder button to set the path to your Windows Installation Media source files. Please note that if manually entering a path it must end in a backslash (\). E.g. D:\source_files\

A mounted Windows RTM .iso file is recommended. Alternatively extract the contents of a Windows .iso to a local directory. Set the path in this option to the root folder that contains the following files/directories -

• \sources\boot.wim
• \sources\install.wim
• \bootmgr
• \boot\
• \EFI\

2] Set 'boot.wim' Image number

Use image number 2 when using Windows installation media. The only time you should need to use image number 1 is when using boot.wim from the WAIK or ADK - which I consider to be more advanced usage.

If an existing cache is used, then the configuration file created when the cache was created will be read and the image number of boot.wim will be checked. If this is different to the image number selected in this option, then the user will be asked which image to use - either the image number from the configuration file, or the image number specified in this option.

3] Set 'install.wim' Image number

In the majority of cases, image number 1 should be selected when using Windows installation media. The only time you might need to use a different image number is when using a Windows Server source. Windows 2008 R2 (SP1) and Windows 2012 R2 releases for example contain multiple images (in install.wim) - image number 1 is a Server Core Installation and doesn't contain some of the file dependencies required in WinFE.

4] METHOD

Two build methods are currently supported -

• INJECT - a minimal fileset is extracted from boot.wim, reducing storage space requirements. Files extracted include registry hives, which are modified during the build process. The INJECT method is significantly faster than the EXTRACT method, however EXTRACT should be considered if any drivers are being integrated - please refer to the Drivers section for more information.
• EXTRACT - the wimapply command will be used to apply/extract the full contents of the selected image in boot.wim. This method is slower and requires more storage space, however if drivers are being integrated then this method should be considered - please refer to the Drivers section for more information.

5] Keyboard Layout

If the DEFAULT setting is used, then no settings will be changed and the keyboard layout from the existing source files will be used. There are a limited range of alternative Keyboard Layout's available in this script.

6] WinPE Language / Fallback Language

This setting is only used if the source file language cannot be verified by wimlib-imagex.

7] RAM Disk Size

Use this option to set the size of the RAM Disk (in MB) - this is the amount of writable space on the SYSTEMDRIVE that will be available when WinPE is running.

This setting is ignored in WinPE 5.x if system RAM is greater than 1GB. It will only be used when RAM is less than (or equal to) 1GB.

Document date - 18^th June 2022