BUT... wouldn't life be boring if they hadn't made it possible for us to futz around with Windows all day long and most of the night? :D

Yes, that was also my point, albeit it should still be noted that restoring an image overwrites any changes that may have been made to the data after the image was created so those changes will then...

...or better yet, should already know to NOT disable recovery before deleting their recovery partition, as the file can easily be seen as just another little piece of bloat, i.e. due to the simple...

So here's how to get back the WinRE.wim file after you held the wrong belief that you would never be able to get it back.

First, start by grabbing the Windows 10 Installation ISO that correctly...

The AcronisBootablePEMedia.iso file can be created by choosing the Rescue Media Builder menu option from the Tools menu of True Image 2021:
Acronis True Image 2021: how to create bootable media |...

Most folks on here use Macrium Reflect (free), but I much prefer the AcronisBootablePEMedia.iso of Acronis True Image because the latter lets me specify which files and/or folders I want to be...

The PowerShell command does work, BUT... for anyone who, like me, prefers to keep an eye on the true size of the WinSxS folder on a more regular basis, there's this handy little tool that works...