

While WinPE is customizable, WinRE is a set-in-stone solution that includes tools to repair your file system, restore Windows to a previous backup, restore Windows to factory settings, and more. If you’re looking for a built-in solution, Windows 10 users can use the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) instead. Using The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) The custom Windows PE environment should then boot, allowing you to begin recovering your Windows installation. If you only need the English version of PowerShell, you don't have to install them.Once the Rufus flashing process has completed, reboot your PC with your flash drive plugged in.

The three packages from the de-de directory are used for localization purposes. If you want to add PowerShell, you have to copy several packages in a given order they are located in the same directory as the language file: Dism /Image:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%WinPERoot%\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-WMI.cab"ĭism /Image:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%WinPERoot%\amd64\WinPE_OCs\de-de\WinPE-WMI_de-de.cab"ĭism /Image:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%WinPERoot%\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-NetFx.cab"ĭism /Image:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%WinPERoot%\amd64\WinPE_OCs\de-de\WinPE-NetFx_de-de.cab"ĭism /Image:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%WinPERoot%\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-PowerShell.cab"ĭism /Image:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"%WinPERoot%\amd64\WinPE_OCs\de-de\WinPE-PowerShell_de-de.cab" You set the UI language, keyboard layout, and location to Germany. Using dism /image:mount /Set-AllIntl:de-DE This is done at the command prompt from the directory that you specified as the target for copype.cmd, where the mount directory already exists: dism /Mount-Wim /MountDir:mount /wimfile:boot.wim /index:1 Add a language packageīy default, the language files can be found under %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\\WinPE_OCs\ in the directories named after the language codes.įor example, to add the German language pack in the 圆4 version, do the following: dism /image:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath: "%ProgramFiles(amd64)%\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\de-de\lp.cab"Īdd the German language pack and change the keyboard layout If you want to customize Windows PE, you have to mount the WIM with DISM. The file boot.wim can be found in media\sources in the directory tree below the target folder of copype.cmd. Therefore, you will usually want to customize the image for Windows PE before generating the disk. It contains only the English language package, the English keyboard layout, and no tools. Create bootable media for Windows PE with MakeWinPEMedia.cmdĪfter the successful completion of the process, you get a bootable but only bare-bones WinPE.
