How can i add a file to the win 11 ISO?


David9726

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I just need to add a file to my windows 11 iso, how can i do this with free software or is there another way?

The file is just a xml to debloat windows. It needs to be a ISO.

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Humm, I wonder if you could mount the ISO then copy the file to it and unmount? I added one to a USB install media for hacking Win 11 to run on old hardware. Worth a try to a backup copy of the ISO.
 

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You can edit an iso with the free version of anyburn.
this will give you the general idea

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➡️ Download AnyBurn

pretty easy it is basically

click EDIT iimage file
browse to the iso
click ADD
browse to the file you want to add
make sure you can see it has been added in the anyburn window
click next
click Save
 
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You don't need to. Windows setup will look for any autounattend file so you could put it on a USB drive and run setup from a second partition or external drive.
 

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@SIW2 WOW very useful
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You can mount an iso and add files easily enough. The slightly tricky part is creating a new iso that needs some adk files.

See tutorial by @Kari which shows the key steps.



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Christoph Schneegans updated his site recently and I didn't know. I've used the site a few times with excellent results.
 

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    HP Mini 210-1090NR PC (bought in late 2009!)
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    Webroot
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You might be interested with following video.

Learn how to create a custom debloated ISO file of Windows 11 in this tutorial. Streamline your Windows 11 experience with this step-by-step guide!

 

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I like using the XML way since there is no software being used that can inject a virus etc.
 

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David9726 said:
I just need to add a file to my windows 11 iso, how can i do this with free software or is there another way?
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hsehestedt said:
* How to use an answer file *

Select the desired answer file, save it to a text file named autounattend.xml. Do one of the following:

1) Place it in the root of your Windows installation media.

2) As an alternative, create a second media with just the autounattend.xml answer file in the root. Make sure that this media is connected to the system or VM where Windows is to be installed in addition to the Windows installation media. This is especially helpful for installation to a VM because it means that you will not need to modify your Windows ISO image.


* A problem with unattended installation, and a solution *

Microsoft recommends that the Recovery Tools partition be created immediately AFTER the Windows partition. However, a traditional unattended installation does not do this, it creates the Recovery Tools partition BEFORE the Windows partition. If you want to know the technical reasons for this let me know and I will explain, but we won't go into that here. The Fully Unattended Installation answer file will perform a traditional unattended installation but will NOT place the Recovery Tools partition after the Windows partition as is recommended. My suggestion is to use any one of the other fully unattended installation answer files which use a workaraound that creates the Recovery Tools partition after the Windows partition.
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David9726 said:
I like using the XML way since there is no software being used that can inject a virus etc.
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That's not true. If your PC has network access during installation, autounattend.xml can remotely download scripts to update the system. One example is installing Chocolatey by using a single PowerShell command.

The advantage of unattended files is you can READ what's in there, or ask someone else about it.
 

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garlin said:
That's not true. If your PC has network access during installation, autounattend.xml can remotely download scripts to update the system. One example is installing Chocolatey by using a single PowerShell command.

The advantage of unattended files is you can READ what's in there, or ask someone else about it.
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Yes but you can look and see if there is a url in there.
 

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