Adding Windows PowerShell support to Windows PE For ARM64

2024-12-16

1.Download and install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) and matching WinPE add-on.

For ADK versions prior to Windows 10, WinPE is part of the ADK and isn't a separate add-on.

2.Start the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment as an administrator.
Adding Windows PowerShell support to Windows PE For ARM64

3.Create a working copy of the Windows PE files:

copype amd64 C:\WinPE_ARM64_MountDir

Adding Windows PowerShell support to Windows PE For ARM64

See CopyPE command line options for more information.

4.Add WinPE PowerShell optional components

Now that you have a working set of files that includes a WinPE image, you can mount the image and add the WinPE optional components required to add PowerShell.

Use the following script to mount the Windows image, add the Windows PE optional components for Windows PowerShell, and to unmount the image.

5.Mount your WinPE image:

Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"C:\WinPE_ARM64_MountDir\media\sources\boot.wim" /Index:1 /MountDir:"C:\WinPE_ARM64_MountDir\mount"

Adding Windows PowerShell support to Windows PE For ARM64

Add the required optional components to your image. The example below shows the components to add to an image with the en-US language. If your image has additional languages, also add the versions of the packages below for the other languages included in your image.

Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\WinPE_ARM64_MountDir\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-WMI.cab"