Win10XPE Project General Discussions

AOMIE Partition Assistant * Updated to support version 8.5

I have been having good luck building Win10XPE ISO over the past year or so, but with the 0920build, although the building process appears to be normal without any error message, when boot to the desktop, all the desktop icons and programs are not shown. Also the drives including internal HDD, USB drives are not populated in File Explorer, i.e., not recognized by the RE.
Not sure if anyone else has the same problem with buiild 0920?

recently with windows 10 19013.1 explorer reload when clicking on  the taskbar ( sometimes is crashing ...)
i can't understand why until i read Tihiy response

Disable StartIsBack taskbar jump list

tested and ok (hope it will be fixed soon on next ver ...)

in 0920 Release Pintool was replaced...
Delete any Custom PEcmd.ini > ":\Win10XPE\Custom\Pecmdini\pecmd.ini"

I have no Pecmdini.in file in \Custom folder. Still not sure why this happens.

@James

Im trying to get this to work and having issue i am stumped. Need the Master plugin makers help please.

I was able to get it to work but shortcuts were not working.

I checked many other plugins but im not sure whats wrong.

SwiftSearch Searches NTFS volumes almost instantly

https://sourceforge.net/projects/swiftsearch/

SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives.
Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but because idleness detection is so difficult to get right, in practice they end up slowing down the whole system just to speed up search. SwiftSearch works differently: given administrator privileges, it completely bypasses the file system (only NTFS supported) and reads the file table directly every time, which speeds up search by many orders of magnitude. Typically searches yield full results in ~10 seconds or less, a significant speedup for many users.
As a bonus, this program also supports path-based search (for example, you can search for "*Program*\Windows*"), regular expressions (just start the search name with '>' character), and full directory sizes. Its goal is to be simple, swift, and intuitive to use.

@James
Im trying to get this to work and having issue i am stumped. Need the Master plugin makers help please.

I Edited your App, Your "ProgramExe" was wrong and changes based on Arch.
Edited PluginSet to swap ProgramExe if x64
I adjusted Image Size to Fit Better - 250-300 pixels wide - Recommended
Added default program icon to container file (should of been FIRST clue you did something wrong)
Adjusted [Update_Container] to Auto Download Both Arch ProgramExe's / SetupFile's
Compare My Edits To Your Existing App - to Understand What You Missed (Overlooked)

Otherwise You Did Good....

And Thank You For Posting Your App Here First, Rather then XPE App Index...
That way you can get some Feedback and Improve..

I Edited your App, Your "ProgramExe" was wrong and changes based on Arch.
Edited PluginSet to swap ProgramExe if x64

I actually had this correct before i uploaded. I was messing around trying to figure out why the shortcuts were not being created. Thanks for pointing it out anyways (always good to know what's the correct way)

I used the xpe packed plugin tool but it could not find the icon.

You also had an extra "ProgramFolder" this is because you where downloading and encoding the ProgramExe's Directly..
Thus not using the 7zip extraction code which is creating the second ProgramFolder...

Best way I found for cases where ProgramExe(s) is Directly Downloaded (Program.exe)
Is to download them and then compress them with 7zip.. (Program.7z)
Then used Packed Creator and point to Compressed Program.7z for Both Arch(s)
Input x86 Program.exe and create...

Then Edit Variable to included ProgramExex64
Then Edit Variables from 7z to Exe
Remove 7zip Extraction Line & Second ProgramFolder from existing code ( change %ProgramFolder%\%ProgramFolder% to %ProgramFolder% )

Use the "Launch" Button to verify your edits > It should open the folder containing the Program.exe
If not then re-check your edits
Once verified - run the small green play button and verify the Target/programfolder contains the program.exe

You also had an extra "ProgramFolder" this is because you where downloading and encoding the ProgramExe's Directly..
Thus not using the 7zip extraction code which is creating the second ProgramFolder...

Best way I found for cases where ProgramExe(s) is Directly Downloaded (Program.exe)
Is to download them and then compress them with 7zip.. (Program.7z)
Then used Packed Creator and point to Compressed Program.7z for Both Arch(s)
Input x86 Program.exe and create...

Then Edit Variable to included ProgramExex64
Then Edit Variables from 7z to Exe
Remove 7zip Extraction Line & Second ProgramFolder from existing code ( change %ProgramFolder%\%ProgramFolder% to %ProgramFolder% )

Use the "Launch" Button to verify your edits > It should open the folder containing the Program.exe
If not then re-check your edits
Once verified - run the small green play button and verify the Target/programfolder contains the program.exe

Thanks for the help

@James

RE: MegaPlugin

Folders seem to be not in correct location

Fixed 2019.11.07 - forgot a subfolder.. 
Also added a download protection

Hi All,
Greets,

Unable to download ''XPE Add-On Package'' with ''Mega Optional Apps Download''. Serious problem.

Thanks & Regards. ...

Hi All,
Greets,
Unable to download ''XPE Add-On Package'' with ''Mega Optional Apps Download''. Serious problem.
Thanks & Regards. ...

Sorry for the botheration! The latest ''Mega script'' is doing good.

Thanks & Regards. ...

Hi All,
Greets,

I made Win10XPE_x64 Iso with all well in logs. I wrote it to a pen drive with Rufus ( UEFI+GPT). It boots all well but it does not include / show any app / desktop shortcut for the apps which are Run from USB. USB pen drive is also not shown/listed in This PC folder / window either. But DiskGenius can see the pen drive & also shows all the apps run from USB, from within the boot!

Please help.

Thanks & Regards. ...

I wrote it to a pen drive with Rufus ( UEFI+GPT)
* it does not include / show any app / desktop shortcut for the apps which are Run from USB.
USB pen drive is also not shown/listed in This PC folder

STOP using RUFUS to create multi-partition GPT USB's

@James : Thanks for the response but the same problem continues!
1. I initiated the disk afresh ( Diskpart > List disk > Select disk # > Clean > create partition primary > format quick fs=fat32 ). Then I extracted the ISO to it.
2. The pen drive shows as offline from within the boot. Is it ok ?
3. I try USB7ice & will confirm.

Thanks & Regards. ...

UPDATE :

4. Same Problem with USB7ice.
5. I booted in the pen drive & made the pen drive online by Diskpart, from within the boot. Then it showed in the This PC folder. The desktop shortcuts did not come up but browsing to pen drive & launching apps from there worked.
6. Originally, This PC folder showed only three drives : X: ( Boot ), B: ( RamDisk) & DVD drive ( empty )
7. Originally, List Disk shows two disks : Internal hard disk & the Pen drive ( Both as Offline )
8. Originally, In the Disk Management window, Both show as offline & next to them an exclamation mark which tells : Administrator has made so! Problem with the log in as admin ?
9. Enabling Patch Controller.dll, will make any difference ?
10. I have enabled Switch to Admin & Ask to Switch to Administrator for 0 sec in the Build Core section. I did not use Patch Controller.dll. I have dropped Remote Desktop which was selected by default.

(Extra Question : Enabling Patch Controller.dll will help me switch between users smoothly ? )

Thanks & Regards. ...

@Vineet Garg

This is the same issue I reported a few days back.
I think there is a bug in the 0920 build of Win10XPE script. I tried many different methods to create the ISO but same issue persists.
Best bet is to wait for the next release and see how it goes. Most of the previous WinXPE versions has no such issue and I've been having good luck making boot USBs until build 0920

X64 Build - 19018.1 Preview Release as Source
ISO created - Then used USB7ice to write to my USB





Booted from USB - Open File Expoler - X , Y present