Win10XPE Project General Discussions

The updated Backupper plugin works! Thank you!

Hey guys, I'm interested in getting PhotoRec/TestDisk into my PE. I don't see the plugin in the member plugins list yet which got me thinking, is there a tutorial or some documentation on how a person would go about building their own plugin/script?

Thank you!

Very Quick Process in How To Guide...
But Creating Plugins Is Not As Simple As It Appears...
A Lot of Things To Look For and Consider During The Program Installation Process...
It all comes down to you spending a lot of time constantly Testing and gaining experience..

One more question.

I'm trying to pin a few apps to the start menu but nothing shows up. I tried checking off "Pin to start" for Backupper app and modifying the [PINTOOL] section from PECmd.ini:

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[PINTOOL]
StartMenu0=%WinDir%\Explorer.exe||||||||
StartMenu1=$Start_Menu\Programs\HD Tasks\AOMEI Backupper.lnk||||||||||||||||

What am I missing? How do I pin application shortcuts to the start menu?

Once again, many thanks.

Be sure you are using newest release - as there was a fix involving pintool
http://win10se.cwcodes.net/Compressed/index.php

I'm using the latest build. So what actually is supposed to pin the shortcuts to start? Pintool? Or checking off "pin to start" for each app?

Pintool? Or checking off "pin to start" for each app?

Enable "Pin To Start" in each App
Then when PE is loaded Pintool does the pinning..
There is a limit of 10 Pins

Hi
and don't you still need 'Run from RAM' checked ? for pins

Well, I've checked off the "pin to start" for a number of applications and they are not getting pinned. Maybe I'll start from scratch again in case I screwed something up during the multiple builds.

To specify a bit, it is possible to pin a program of a usb key "Run From USB"
but for that, we have to go through one of the shortcuts (.lnk) previously created in desktop or in the start menu.
See Add_Pin

However, even based on a shortcut, I have no success in pinning from a network drive (eg: PXE server)
Except by copying an existing PIN shortcut in X:Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu(TaskBar)
and modifying manually the Target with the network path in its Properties.

By default Microsoft avoids being able to pin a program from a removable media to avoid problems with drives


"Pin To StartMenu" works fine here, I don't have any problems
I don't know for you radospy.
The syntax seems correct. You can take a look at the log created in X:\Windows\Temp
To test again, Run: "%WinDir%\System32\PinTool.exe -debug %Windir%\System32\Pecmd.ini"
The log will be in B:\Temp this time, following "ImDisk Ramdisk %Temp%=B:\Temp"

@ChrisR,

     I am having success pinning across the network with a PXEServer on my end...

I am using

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:Verify
NET USE Y: \\%IPAddress%\WinPEData /user:PXE PXEBOOT > nul
PING 127.0.0.1 -n 1 > nul 
IF EXIST "Y:\CdUsb.Y" GOTO ProcessPXE
GOTO Verify
:ProcessPXE
X:\Windows\system32\shortcuts.exe -f X:\Windows\System32\Win10PE.cfg
X:\Windows\system32\PinTool.exe -debug X:\Windows\System32\Win10PE.cfg

added to the end of autorun.cmd

No need to add a timer as the process does not proceed until CdUsb.Y is detected

@ChrisR,
Looks like I mangled something in the first attempt at building the PE and that's why pinning didn't work. I've started from scratch again and everything is working perfect now! Thanks for all your work.

@bob.omg
Good news, but:
I re-tried again with a network drive on Z:, not a PXEServer
After editing pecmd.ini in relation to my programs on Z:
No problem with the shortcuts but I can't pin them, shortcuts or program directly. Also, I have no option available in context menu.
I'll have to try your PXEServer plugin, probably next week, to see if I have a better chance.

@radospy
Thanks, happy to hear that it is now working.

Updates

Everything v1.4.1.932
Change version if you have the latest script

Good news, but:
I re-tried again with a network drive on Z:, not a PXEServer
After editing pecmd.ini in relation to my programs on Z:
No problem with the shortcuts but I can't pin them, shortcuts or program directly. Also, I have no option available in context menu.

I am using Start10, I think you use StartisBack? Maybe the difference?

Hi James

just for feedback Re: AOMEI Partition Assistant 8 Pro - seems to be working fine, tested to app launch in VM

Hi ChrisR!

Some built-in applications show Abnormal display(white icon) of icons in StartMemu, I found before,
NOW I know it is the same issue as yours.

decision:

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"EnableShellShortcutIconRemotePath"=dword:00000001

Hi Doberman!

It Sounds good, Thanks 
I'll add it, I think in  Explorer_RegSoftware.txt (26.26 kB - downloaded 69 times.)

Yes the check is needed - to set plugin to use x64 program version and settings..
Otherwise x86 would be the default program settings..

If yes. Even though you get a warning does it still process the script and add it.

I assume you referring to WOWSupport warning...

If app is x86/x64 the WOWsupport warning can be removed...
if app x86 only then on x64 build WOWSupport would be required and thus the warning..

Did you have such a case with a recent plugin???

These 3 programs. I am testing if i Block the line will it work or not.
You Need To Enable WoW64 Basic To Run Blue Screen View In A 64-Bit Build
You Need To Enable WoW64 Basic To Run WinContig In A 64-Bit Build
You Need To Enable WoW64 Basic To Run Windows Login Unlocker In A 64-Bit Build

YES, You Can Mark Out that Line or Delete That Line..
As all three programs have x64 program.exe

I will correct Upload..

Thanks For Your Feedback.