Win10XPE - Build Your Own Rescue Media

Raex-D · 01 Oct 2020

Damn, I didn't see that edit button and was trying to edit via the box apparently.... Sheesh. Okay, got it now.
And I remember now, pretty sure Bob'Omb's WinPE had a folder to copy paste your drivers/registry files too.

Gonna download his WinPE back and check again, will edit this post soon.

EDIT: Alright, yeah his WinPE has a folder for merging registries. And it works too, just couldn't see any entries for it in the pecmd.ini. I just noticed his PE was probably made using Win10PESE. Oh well, just checked the PESE, it's definitely a PESE feature, I wonder if there's an option for Win10XPE too.

glockmane · 01 Oct 2020

Sorry to ask again, is it possible to create a WireGuard (VPN Client) Plugin? Will donate 15 Euro to the one who makes it..

Kyhi · 01 Oct 2020

It is a matter of someone having the free time to develop that certain script...
Donations should not be contingent upon requests...
They should be given freely to show appreciation to the author ( like buying 'em lunch ) for the work already done..

As a quick test - while in a XPE environment - run the WireGuard (VPN Client) Installer....
Does the VPN Client work ??

APT38 · 01 Oct 2020

Ventoy 1.0.22 2020/09/27 upgrade available

Hit the script interface Upgrade button

Release Notes

nnddz · 02 Oct 2020

Thank you Kyhi, for a great work.

glockmane · 02 Oct 2020

Kyhi said:

It is a matter of someone having the free time to develop that certain script...
Donations should not be contingent upon requests...
They should be given freely to show appreciation to the author ( like buying 'em lunch ) for the work already done..

Okay, understand what you mean but I also think this could be from general interest as it is the upcoming OpenVPN alternative.. So OpenVPN and WireGuard would be a nice addition which could be interesting not only for me..

Kyhi said:

As a quick test - while in a XPE environment - run the WireGuard (VPN Client) Installer....
Does the VPN Client work ??

I tried and it installed but after some time it shows the message that it could not load the tray Icon in 30 Seconds.. If I try to run it again the same happens.. No tray Icon no App I think..

Kyhi · 02 Oct 2020

I tried and it installed but after some time it shows the message that it could not load the tray Icon in 30 Seconds.. If I try to run it again the same happens.. No tray Icon no App I think..

I get the same results with the Installer and the XPE Application (Plugin) after several hours of testing..
The issue is with /windows/system32/wg.exe - as that appear to be the (Tray Icon) ie Program Configuration File to setup Tunnels

Raex-D · 02 Oct 2020

Hey, @Kyhi @ChrisR could you think of anything I could do to replicate the Win10PESE's Start Redirect script's registry merging method here? If there's already a solution for it perhaps.

One more thing, I forgot to ask do these registry/drivers within the WinPE load during the PreShell process or after PostShell? On that note, is the driver installing via Y:\Drivers\ in Win10XPE done during PreShell or PostShell?

Kyhi · 02 Oct 2020

I have to ask why you would need to Merge a REG file after a Build...
As we do it all pre-build - the reason for that PESE script -
was to allow the user to make modifications (additions) to a Pre-Made ISO
Thus we do not distribute Pre-Made ISO's - we help User Create the ISO

Y\Drivers are loaded Pre-Shell

Raex-D · 02 Oct 2020

Even if it was intended for Pre-Made Iso's, I wouldn't think of a reason why it wouldn't not be useful for individually creating the ISO. Say, I lost the source files or don't want to recreate the whole project someday in future and need a quick registry editing to make something work, just a practical measure to include that in case it was needed.

Needless to say, anything could come in practical uses, you wouldn't know what you might need whenever.