* Fix slop remains
Chris likes to vibe code. AI likes to use different types of dashes (em-dashes, en-dashes), instead of regular dashes (-).
On PowerShell 7 this appears to work. The parser doesn't care. But, what about PowerShell 5? It begins throwing errors about the ampersand. Loading it in the ISE reveals how it stops parsing the syntax correctly when it encounters em-dashes. Rather than displaying them as such, the ISE displays them as —.
Chris, if you want to vibe code, I don't mind. But at least use regular dashes.
Anyway, I won't fix the AI code. I just want to make it work on my beloved powershell 5.
* Apparently this file is important
* New reporting tool
* Why did we EVER need to load the component store?
* Up the execution policy for default PWSH sessions
This is required to run the diagnostics script, and any script that either we create here, or the user creates later. At least we don't go too wild and use unrestricted... we use something more "safe"
* Force Panther Setup instead of MoSetup
This will increase reliability and performance. Screw the Windows 8 installer, we're back with what was used on Windows 7!
Anyway, there are problems with the new installer:
1. It is slow at everything. Some people did benchmarks of both installers. MoSetup lost to Panther (ofc). Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/1kmjavl/i_made_a_small_test_comparing_which_one_installs/
2. It is unreliable. The "Install driver to show hardware" screen that appears in some systems AND in PXE/WDS for Server 2025 is possibly, and simply, due to Setup not being able to find the install image. From BlueBox.log in MoSetup:
...
2025-12-21 10:05:43: Creating path (with ACL): [X:\$WINDOWS.~BT]...
2025-12-21 10:05:43: Creating path: [X:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources]...
2025-12-21 10:05:43: CBootScenarioCtrl::PopulateWorkingDir: Install.wim/swm/esd was not found!
...
Other contributors in the CTT community stated similar unreliability with borked installs.
I'm pretty sure this change will benefit everyone. We'll see how long it lasts before Microsoft f's it up.
* Improve reporting tool
Display appx package dependency full names
* Rework ADK detection
* Add revamped detection for ISO creation
* File Explorer ain't broken anymore on 26200.7462
Those incompetent developers changed WindowsAppRuntime.CBS to WindowsAppRuntime.CBS.1.6 circa 10.0.26200.7462. No wonder why direct downloads were not causing this issue; they are still based on 10.0.26200.6584. The MCT, on the other hand...
* Patch maximum version boundary
Apparently they fixed that in November. Expanding the amd64_winappsdk-cbs-stable component manifest to a XML file reveals the dark secret:
<registryKeys>
<registryKey keyName="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\InboxApplications\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.CBS.1.6_6000.653.2246.100_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe">
<registryValue name="Path" valueType="REG_SZ" value="$(runtime.windows)\SystemApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.CBS_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml" />
<securityDescriptor name="REGKEY_APPXALLUSERSTORE_SDDL" />
</registryKey>
<registryKey keyName="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\Config\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.CBS.1.6_8wekyb3d8bbwe">
<registryValue name="SetupPhase" valueType="REG_DWORD" value="0x00000427" />
</registryKey>
<registryKey keyName="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\UpdatedApplications\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.CBS.1.6_8wekyb3d8bbwe" />
</registryKeys>
This is not a problem in .6899 because we don't have amd64_winappsdk-cbs-stable, but a vnext counterpart. But, at this point, why bother checking with that? MCT will not bundle this update with the image!
* Default to showing file extensions
Apart from a security improvement (let's remember ILOVEYOU from 2000), it's also a QoL.
* Fix key for color modes
Color mode settings are saved per-user, not system-wide. So HKLM\SOFTWARE is not our solution. HKCU is, and is mapped to \Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT
* Move color mode from offline servicing to firstrun
* Drop build number by 100
* Update Invoke-Microwin.ps1 (#15)
* Revert "Update Invoke-Microwin.ps1 (#15)"
This reverts commit 88f8a3031b.
* Keep trying to commit and unmount images
* Consistent REG ADD /F /V...
Some issues happen with REG and strings if you put /f at the end... move it to the beginning, where it doesn't conflict with anything.
* Rework stub path reg value set
This works on both Windows 11 and Windows 10. It didn't work on Win10 before; it should work now
* Remove copy link step
We no longer do this
* Move Copy-Files to microwin folder
Only microwin calls this function; it's better if we place this script in that folder
* Add Create Bootable USB (#18)
* Add Create Bootable USB
* Apply suggestion from @CodingWonders
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* Download ADK to get oscdimg if not to download on GitHub
If we don't download OSCDIMG from GitHub, because we now use ADK kits roots detection to get installed copies of the ADK and oscdimg, we just download the Deployment Tools. This is only 100 MB once fully installed, and removes the need to install Chocolatey.
One caveat is that, on 64-bit systems, the script will output "Could not find ADK" once. This is normal as it does checks on both regular SOFTWARE and WOW6432Node, and it's able to pick it on the latter. If it isn't found anywhere, that message will appear twice.
* Make indentation more consitent in bootable USB func.
* Initialize petoolspath variable
* Remove temporary adksetup on completion
* Fix whitespace
* Remove unnecessary comments and revamp admin check
* Revert "Add Create Bootable USB (#18)"
This reverts commit 64babfe986.
* Remove reporting tool creation
The reporting tool is now hosted on a separate repo. The script itself can be run anywhere, not just in microwin, so...
* Some formatting change here
* Remove copy to ventoy option
* Fix some more indents
* Add Description that ISO automatically removes Win11 Requirements
* Additional things
- WPBT done by defaults
- Skip Logon Animation
- Remove convert to ESD and Upgrade to Win11 as Win10 is no longer supported
* First attempt at OSCDIMG autodownload
* No more custom ScratchPaths!
Time to get rid of that mess and just use %TEMP%.
All of these minor changes were made on a Server 2K8R2 VM.
* Redetect ADK/OSCDIMG after autodownload
* Leave ADK reg query error to debug only
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* [Tweaks] Conditionally determine when to use sc and Set-Service
* Clean up comments in Set-WinUtilService.ps1
Removed comments explaining the handling of auto delayed start for PWSH 5.
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* [Applications] DISM utility changes, app description fixes
- NTLite has been added to the list of apps to give the user some choice
- Both DISMTools and NTLite have been moved to a new section so they can be identified more easily by what they do, and because the former is not a tool made by either Microsoft or Sysinternals. The former now has its description pulled from WinGet (and summarized using Copilot)
- Em-dashes in some app descriptions have been replaced with semicolons to avoid question marks in tooltips
* Change category from 'DISM Utilities' to 'Microsoft Tools'
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* [Enhance] Configure all apps view in start menu
To keep look consistent with older Win11
* [Enhance] Additional Start menu settings
* [MicroWin] Change Write-Host to Write-Debug on debug lines. (#13)
* Add a resolution to scripts being disabled (#14)
* [MicroWin] Change Write-Host to Write-Debug on debug lines.
* Add a resolution to scripts being disabled
* Add skip first logon anim option
* Unrelated: indentation fixes from compile script
* Some little touches to the first-run script
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* Disable "Microsoft account" notification source
* [WinPE] Remove driver addition block for WinPE
WE DO NOT TOUCH THE DRIVERS IN WinPE. There are reports of people getting "Install driver to show hardware" screens all over this repository, and on Discord; and the less drivers we touch in WinPE, the better.
Drivers can still be added to Preinstallation Environments in the following ways:
- Using the driver installation screens
- Firing up "drvload.exe <driver>" in cmd
* [Fix] Added fallback for DISM export command
This is a port of the fix in #3305
* [Cleanup] Removed some comments that no longer make sense
* [Fix] Same DISM export image fallback fix
* Merge branch 'main' into microwin-202506
* [Fix] Improve UI consistency for instructions
Fixes#3394
* Merge branch 'main' into microwin-202506
* [Unattended answer file] Remove it from drive root
The answer file, on the drive root, is not necessary for us to apply it. In fact, it's not even used there
* Merge branch 'main' into microwin-202506
* [MicroWin] June-August 2025 Update (#3) -- Contributions from Callum
* Allow people without compatible hardware or a USB to use MicroWin.
* Update functions/microwin/Microwin-NewUnattend.ps1
Co-authored-by: CodingWonders <101426328+CodingWonders@users.noreply.github.com>
* Update Invoke-Microwin.ps1
* Update Microwin-NewUnattend.ps1
* Update Microwin-NewUnattend.ps1
* Add error pop up if ISO Creation fails.
Issue 2653
* Add Disable WPBT Execution to MicroWin.
* Update functions/microwin/Invoke-Microwin.ps1
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* modified: functions/microwin/Invoke-Microwin.ps1
modified: xaml/inputXML.xaml
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* Add conversion to ESD (#4)
* Add conversion to ESD
Issue - #3450
* Update Invoke-Microwin.ps1
Added quotes to the file paths. Put all the arguments in 1 string (as that also works fine)
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* Update MicroWin contributor list
* Merge branch 'main' into microwin-202506
* Merge branch 'main' into microwin-202506
* [MicroWin] Add automatic configuration settings
Originally implemented in #2618. Adapted to follow the new file structure. And it works.
Though there are issues that will be detailed very soon
* [Fix] Fixed typos, updated descriptions
* Re-add WinPE driver addition
We're not yet sure if that is the actual problem of missing storage controllers. Logs can tell us more about this. Maybe for a future PR?
* [Fix/WPBT] Add spaces to reg key path
Avoid REG failure
* [Fix/XAML] Fix word wrapping issue for checkboxes
* Better formatting
A bit cleaner
* Remove unused scripts
This gets rid of file not found errors during setup
* Have a fallback method for Recall fixes
Go back to the delayed disablement procedure if we fail at modifying the manifest
* Ignore Recall disablement when disabled, and more
- If Recall is disabled, don't disable it again. This may be a waste of time
- Disable certain notification sources that I think are quite annoying, like those from Suggested or the Startup App Notification
* Hopefully? Get rid of News and Interests on Win10
Based on PR #3289, add News and Interests removal to MicroWin. Hopefully Windows 10 gets to cooperate this time, compared to last time, where it was quite stubborn.
*This means that people never give up trying to fight against something they don't like*
* Revert "Refactor preferChocolatey system to handle other package managers eas…" (#3323)
This reverts commit 89919494e5.
* Fixed all the things that could possibly break
* Get rid of extra parameter
Package removal fallback fails here. Quite likely a copy from feature disablement
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* Fixed lock caused by expected input for DISM
This is the main event
* Miscellaneous file
Don't know why this file was modified by the compile preprocessor
* Set Boot Manager entry timeout to 0
Fixes#2562
* Exclude Windows Hello stuff from package removal
* Obscure passwords with Base64 and fix indentation
Fixes#3064
* Fix name of excluded package
* Update comment
It reflects my feelings towards Microsoft when it comes to security a lot better
* Remove jargon of scratch directory options
* Package exclusion improvements
- Removed AppX packages from OS package exclusion list
- Added exclusion of PowerShell ISE (source: Discord server - yes, some people still use the PowerShell ISE)
* Exclude Windows Photo Viewer from dir removal
* Improve copy operation to Ventoy drives
This change may fix the issues where there's a conflict between both Ventoy's and MicroWin's unattended answer files, causing target images to stop working as expected during OOBE
* Add VirtIO functionality and more enhancements
- Added the ability to grab VirtIO Guest Tools
- Modified the description of the Copy ISO files function because it basically had nonsense
* Fix typo (#3104)
* Access specific property of ISO image object
Only show the ISO path. No one is interested in the storage type
* Add detections for expedited app removal
They only affect 24H2 and newer. Earlier releases don't have these expedited apps
* Update message
* Add VirtIO instructions to MicroWin page
* Add DISM command fallback
This fallback is triggered if an exception occurs while getting information with the cmdlets (I couldn't test this on my host as everything magically works now - sometimes it threw the Class not registered error)
* Exclude OpenSSH from package removal
Some people need this to avoid installing third-party programs like PuTTY
* Fixed some more indentation
* Fix minor denomination problem for packages
* Fix incorrect filter of OS packages
Packages such as the metadata for capabilities (FoDs) or the foundation package were being incorrectly filtered. They were part of `Remove-ProvisionedPackages`, which only removes AppX packages. These are **OS packages**, something completely different
* Fixed indentation
* Exclude `Microsoft-RemoteDesktopConnection`
Exclude that from feature list. Fixes#2705
* Remove DISM from AppX removal listings
DISM is a system component. It will never be an AppX package. This is unnecessary
* Improve error handling for file copy
* Remove space (for some reason)
Compilation script is very adamant that this should be this way
* Exclude the VBSCRIPT Features on Demand from pkgs
Exclude the VBSCRIPT feature on demand (or capability) from package removal. Some people were reporting that excluding VBSCRIPT fixed problems with AMD chipset drivers on MicroWin
* Exclude Recall from feature listings
This fixes problems people were experiencing where the file explorer would go back to the Windows 10 layout
* Improve error output
* Add 24H2 to release list
* Detect Windows 10 and show compatibility dialog
* Disable some insane desktop stuff on Windows 10
I've only been able to disable Search Highlights. News and Interests persists
* Change policy for News and Interests
Avoid showing "Access denied" errors for this. This is still broken - News and Interests is still there. [louder]Linus Torvalds curse word here[/louder]
Anyway, if someone wants to give setting this up a shot, send me suggestions on how to do this
* Write suggestion for AV
* Hold errored packages in a list
Items are being added correctly, but I can't get that to show to the end-user. Perhaps a different approach will work
* Remove older Windows versions from download list
Sadly, the links for these had been removed by Microsoft, in favor of the latest version (24H2)
* Add sorting to error messages
Thanks @og-mrk for the suggestion and the patch (even though I applied it myself)
* Make error messages easier to view (#1)
* Make error messages easier to view
* Improve error output
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* Disable Recall on first run
Keeps the Explorer look of modern Windows 11 builds whilst removing the Recall feature (which I think will manifest itself on PCs with Lunar Lake processors)
* Replace "C:\" with environment variable
This still works on single-boot configurations, but presents a more dynamic approach
* Fix Volume Mixer issues and removal of leftovers
Fix originally from @MyDrift-user on #2856
* Add missing piece to last commit
* Default to downloading OSCDIMG from GitHub repo
Chocolatey may not be the way to help us detect the presence of OSCDIMG.
Everyone, unless someone REALLY uses old deployment technology, has moved to Windows ADK 10.0
* Fix Sorting of Errored Packages by using 'Sort-Object' instead of 'IComparer' approach (#2)
Fixes startup issues in PWSH 7
* Remove reference to News and Interests from output
Even though the logic is still there, it doesn't work. I don't want to deal with that anymore. Search Highlights, on the other hand, is removed very easily
* Exclude License packages from removal
They throw an "Access denied" error when trying to remove them. This is a timesaver
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* Avoid duplicating items in lang list and fix issue
- Changed the first item in the language list to show "System language". Then we determine it and download it
- Fixed an issue where the entire contents of `gci` were being passed to the variable, which causes the rest to fail
* Add spaces for consistent indentation
* Modify current dir command to automatic variable
Thanks @ruxunderscore for suggesting
* Move downloaded ISO to user-specified path
* Indentation fixes for comments
* Update functions/public/Invoke-WPFGetIso.ps1
Co-authored-by: Luka Momčilović <l.momcilovic61@gmail.com>
* Modify first language item and add error handling
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- Change process code to Start-Process -PassThru, finally removing the need for a new process object
- Add code if ISO generation is not successful to display an error message in the system language from the Windows APIs
* Added Try-Catch blocks for remaining removal tasks
* Delete winutil.ps1 from tracking list
* Revert "Delete winutil.ps1 from tracking list"
This reverts commit 97044425ea.
