{"id":67,"date":"2021-12-07T21:40:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/programs.lucas-elliott.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2021-12-07T21:45:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:45:35","slug":"winpe-dism-manager-wdm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/programs.lucas-elliott.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/07\/winpe-dism-manager-wdm\/","title":{"rendered":"WINPE DISM Manager (WDM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If anyone reading this has worked with WINPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) before, you’ll know it can be a pain in the butt to create, manage, and modify the WinPE drives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re not sure what WINPE is you should<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Feel ashamed of yourself<\/li>
  2. Read this doc from Microsoft<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Long Story Short, WINPE is a tool used to install windows 10 but can also be very useful since it provides a very simple and feature-cut CMD.exe window with no restrictions For example, you can modify system32 without knowing the system’s admin password. It’s kind of like safe-mode on steroids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The DISM tools themselves are actually batch based (really cool), but unfortunetly have some errors in them that make the code crash frequently (not so cool).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What is WDM?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The WINPE DISM Manager (WDM) helps bypass DISM’s common errors and even has optimized versions of the DISM tools in its code. WDM by IT Command adds a colorful text-based interface for managing WINPE Drives. It also adds some awesome features like backing up drives and previewing changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Check out this quick 30 second commercial for it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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