Download any Windows 10 version ISO from Microsoft

I have to assume that many of you saw this over on ghacks.net, but for those who haven't here it is:

Here is how you download any Windows 10 version ISO from Microsoft - gHacks Tech News

I haven't actually used it but I did download the MCT and the created the .bat file and ran it. Great GUI and simple to use.

I am assuming this will get you the older versions with install.esd in the ISO file instead of install.wim? That's good news because most install.wim files are larger than 4 GB which makes it difficult to put in on a UEFI bootable flash drive formatted as FAT32.

NavyLCDR said:

I am assuming this will get you the older versions with install.esd in the ISO file instead of install.wim? That's good news because most install.wim files are larger than 4 GB which makes it difficult to put in on a UEFI bootable flash drive formatted as FAT32.

I assume the same thing. I havent't read the whole tutorial that Denis referenced, but I don't think it talks about this bat file.

NavyLCDR said:

I am assuming this will get you the older versions with install.esd in the ISO file instead of install.wim? That's good news because most install.wim files are larger than 4 GB which makes it difficult to put in on a UEFI bootable flash drive formatted as FAT32.

LTSnow said:

I assume the same thing. I havent't read the whole tutorial that Denis referenced, but I don't think it talks about this bat file.

Yes, it will allow you to make a .esd for any version.

This batch file makes use of a command line option for the MCT called SelfHost. When you run the MCT by default it first downloads a products.cab containing a product.xml that defines the files it needs to download to make the ISO. Each version of the MCT will only work with its own products.xml, and if it downloads a different one it will tell you that you need a newer MCT.

The batch file that gHacks refers to comes from GitHub and contains links to download all previous MCTs and their appropriate products.cab. It then runs the MCT in SelfHost mode to use its own products.cab. The resulting ISO is identical to the one that would have been made when the MCT/products.cab was the latest one and will contain an install.esd.

Bree said:

Yes, it will allow you to make a .esd for any version.

This batch file makes use of a command line option for the MCT called SelfHost. When you run the MCT by default it first downloads a products.cab containing a product.xml that defines the files it needs to download to make the ISO. Each version of the MCT will only work with its own products.xml, and if it downloads a different one it will tell you that you need a newer MCT.

The batch file that gHacks refers to comes from GitHub and contains links to download all previous MCTs and their appropriate products.cab. It then runs the MCT in SelfHost mode to use its own products.cab. The resulting ISO is identical to the one that would have been made when the MCT/products.cab was the latest one and will contain an install.esd.

Thanks for all the detailed info Bree.