What's new in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1157
May 7, 2024- Added support for appxbundle packages.
- Added additional safety measures when pushing an update to the EFI partition.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1156 (May 5, 2024)
- Improved cab compatibility.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1155 (Apr 22, 2024)
- Added prompt pipe list entry, a customizable prompt box. Multiple pipes to choose from $1-$9, that pipe the output of the prompt box to a variable (%PIPE1, %PIPE2%, etc) for usage within the same list. Open tweaks.mst in notepad for examples.
- Added comment list entry. Displays during list execution.
- Screen output when running an execution list no longer contains padding lines.
- Moved Autoboot menu to main menu tasks.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1154 (Apr 20, 2024)
- Added new group list base type. List entries are sorted by groups and subgroups, which include a dynamic and customizable menu self contained within the list.
- Ability to finalize and convert a list into a group base list (if the list contains groups).
- Migrated most of the package examples to the tweaks.mst group base list.
- Added new command list entry.
- Added group separator list entry.
- Added unattended installation list entry.
- Added mount/unmount external registry hive option via tag when creating a scripted package.
- Note: When using the unmounted option, built in variables such as %HIVE_SOFTWARE% always point to the live system's registry hive, regardless of whether executing the list to a virtual hard disk or the current environment.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1153 (Apr 18, 2024)
- Added file delete list item.
- Fixed crash when running a list with a registry item that contains a space in the target registry key.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1152 (Apr 17, 2024)
- Added registry entry list item. Brute force option can also be used to apply registry values as system user.
- Added corresponding menu for creating registry list items in image management.
- Fixed user registry hive entries not being applied during setupcomplete for scripted packages.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1151 (Apr 8, 2024)
- Added sfc /scannow to main menu tasks.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1150 (Mar 24, 2024)
- Added sysprep menu to main menu tasks.
- Fixed issue with program hanging in certain instances when temporary project folder is present.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1149 (Mar 15, 2024)
- Image processing now permits overwrite of existing VHDX with confirmation prompt. The virtual disk must not be in use or the operation will fail.
- This option can be used to update a virtual disk with a newer version of Windows, however may also introduce errors or even result in an unusable OS. Recommended to backup before proceeding.
- New source option (drive letter to WIM) in image processing, allowing the user to create a backup of an existing non-virtual-disk based Windows installation via drive letter path.
- Must not be the currently active Windows drive or the operation will fail. May require assigning a drive letter, which can be done with the mount option in disk management.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1148 (Mar 15, 2024)
- Fixed issue with assigning drive letter to the vhdx host partition when the Hide-Host option in disk management is set to disabled while booted into recovery.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1147 (Feb 26, 2024)
- Fixed 'no vhdx selected' error when in basic mode while booted into recovery.
- Displays new unique disk ID after conversion to GPT when generic ID is encountered during boot creation.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1146 (Feb 23, 2024)
- Driver removal list entries are no longer case sensitive.
- Disk menu now displays virtual disks (however will remain as an unselectable disk target).
- Disks with an active pagefile are now unselectable.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1145 (Feb 19, 2024)
- Basic mode now includes a combined boot creator and image processing.
- Added file operation option to the boot modification menu (when booted into recovery) for quick renaming or deletion.
- Improved overall appearance, most prompts and menus deuglified (subjective).
- New box characters. Rounded edges for dynamic prompts, square for static menus.
- Folders are now color coded in file picker.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1144 (Feb 14, 2024)
- Added ability to update the EFI files (on the EFI partition). Visible when booted into recovery.
- Setting or removing the recovery password is now exclusively done via the update menu. Visible when booted into recovery.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1143 (Feb 11, 2024)
- Fixed menu glitch when deleting items in basic mode.
- Fixed display of input/output file name (was reversed) upon completion of WIM/VHDX conversion in basic mode.
- Relocated documentation to repository.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1142 (Feb 7, 2024)
- Added basic mode (a reduced functionality mode). Visible when booted into recovery.
- Added free disk space indicator located in main menu.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1141 (Feb 1, 2024)
- Added partition unmount to disk manager menu.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1140 (Jan 23, 2024)
- No more deploy-only disks. Fully functional vhdx based Windows To Go now working on all disks used in testing.
- In prior releases, if the USB disk was deemed incompatible during boot creation, it would be configured as a deploy-only disk.
- Applying boot menu changes now working with all disks tested. Previously was not working with deploy-only configurations.
- Added ability to set custom size for the vhdx host partition in boot creator. Remainder of space is allocated to a 3rd partition. Handy when used in conjunction with the hide host partition option located in disk management (while booted into recovery).
- Fixed issue with Windows Setup failing to complete during the initial first boot, that was occuring with lower quality USB drives.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1139 (Jan 22, 2024)
- Added ability to set custom size for the vhdx host partition in boot creator. Remainder of space is allocated to a 3rd partition. Handy when used in conjunction with the hide host partition option located in disk management (while booted into recovery).
- Fixed an issue with Windows Setup failing to complete during the initial first boot, that was occuring with lower quality USB drives.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1138 (Jan 6, 2024)
- More granular boot menu configuration, each boot entry now has a customizable name.
- New boot menu editor located within boot creator, only visible while booted into recovery.
- Can adjust the boot menu timeout, as well as manage bootable virtual hard disk entries.
- Added confirmation prompt for all partition related operations.
- Fixed -unmount partition for command line.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1137 (Jan 3, 2024)
- Added ability to remove 3rd party drivers. Driver list now included in base list.
- Options menu added to settings, image management, and boot creator.
- Relocated brute-force and safe-exclude toggle to image management options.
- Enable/Disable AutoBoot only shows in settings menu when booted into recovery.
- Install/Remove AutoBoot switcher (host required component) only shows in settings menu when not booted into recovery.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1136 (Jan 1, 2024)
- Command line now permits spaces if within quotes (for certain instances).
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1135 (Dec 24, 2023)
- Added ability to update the recovery boot media, main program, along with adding or removing the recovery password (depending on the option toggled when initiating the update).
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1133 (Dec 11, 2023)
- Fixed case-sensitive bug in file extension when processing .pkg packages.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1132 (Dec 10, 2023)
- Fixed boot creation failure in certain instances while booted into recovery for 23H2.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1131 (Dec 4, 2023)
- Improvements to package handling.
- New all-in-one package type (PKX) which stores the execution list in addition to multiples of external packages such as driver & scripted packs (PKG), CAB, MSU, and APPX all within a single file container.
- Command line processing of all-in-one packages added.
- Added custom wallpaper package to examples.
- Some file manager functions added to command line.
- Miscellaneous fixes and improvements.
- Note: Previous package extension ($PK) depreciated. These packages are no longer compatible, however can be rebuilt in package manager. PKG is the new extension for scripted and driver packs.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1130 (Nov 18, 2023)
- Added scheduling of appx/component/feature/service/task modifications for SetupComplete and RunOnce timing.
- Complete list functionality now available for command line.
- Relocated source WIM/Boot import to Image Processor.
New in Windows Deployment Image Customization Kit 1129 (Nov 6, 2023)
- Added basic APPX package installation.