How can I setup WiFi and MS Store from command line without a pre-exiting network profile XML?

hsehestedt · Aug 21, 2023

I have a script that it almost perfect. It automatically does all of these after Windows setup:

Install all system drivers
Sets regional settings
Performs Windows customizations
Installs apps (both standard and Microsoft Store)
Installs Windows updates
more

I have just two minor hiccups:

1) Some of these tasks require Internet access. In this instance, I am working with WiFi so I have to put a pause in my script to allow me to manually connect to a WiFi network. So, my first ask is for a way to script this setup without needing a previous network profile.

2) Again, some options require a logon to the Microsoft Store. I can set this up manually but would love a way to logon the first time from a command line.

If I can tackle those two small details, I will then have 100% touchless setup of Windows including Windows installation all the way through configuration.

garlin · Aug 21, 2023

1. OOBE already has a Wi-Fi setup screen. Don't enable HideWirelessSetupInOOBE
2. Related to #1, stop using SkipMachineOOBE if you're an old-timer.

3. GitHub's winget-cli doesn't require any MS Account to download free Store apps. That was a feature request fixed in June 2022.

hsehestedt · Aug 21, 2023

garlin said:
1. OOBE already has a Wi-Fi setup screen. Don't enable HideWirelessSetupInOOBE
2. Related to #1, stop using SkipMachineOOBE if you're an old-timer.

3. GitHub's winget-cli doesn't require any MS Account to download free Store apps. That was a feature request fixed in June 2022.

Garlin, thanks for the response. But, a few things of note:

1) I am trying to do a 100% unattended setup (with a custom sysprep image) so there is no OOBE section visible. I suppose I could live with that, but hey, I'm just trying to learn what might be possible

.

2) I'll have to try seeing what happens if I don't sign into the Store. Almost everything I install is el freebo, except a couple items (most notably office). I guess I could live with installing Office later.

Thanks again.

johnlgalt · Aug 21, 2023

I'd be interested in said script for future use. I clean install a couple times a year minimum, and this sounds a lot like what I'd want as well.

hsehestedt · Aug 21, 2023

johnlgalt said:
I'd be interested in said script for future use. I clean install a couple times a year minimum, and this sounds a lot like what I'd want as well.

No worries. I'm still in the process of debugging and I'll have to write up some instructions so just bear with me!

I have this one little machine that is a perfect testbed. Low power Celeron system. It came with just 64GB of MMC storage space, but it had an open NVMe slot. So, now I have an NVMe as the primary and the 64GB is devoted to being a Windows bootable image, drivers, apps, and this script now. I'm about to test and hopefully be able to start finalizing this.

I'll get this to you as soon as I can, hopefully in the next day or two at most. Maybe it will give you some ideas, or maybe you can tell me where I am being stupid

hsehestedt · Aug 21, 2023

garlin said:
1. OOBE already has a Wi-Fi setup screen. Don't enable HideWirelessSetupInOOBE
2. Related to #1, stop using SkipMachineOOBE if you're an old-timer.

3. GitHub's winget-cli doesn't require any MS Account to download free Store apps. That was a feature request fixed in June 2022.

Garlin, just a little feedback on this. I've found that not all free apps work this way. I ran a test this afternoon on an ASUS laptop. All of the ASUS specific apps fail, specifically noting that there is no MS Store account.

But that's okay. I'm to a point where it's "good enough" now.

Thanks for the info!

garlin · Aug 21, 2023

Which ones are you missing? This is from a new Local User (with admin rights).

Code:

winget search asus
Name                               Id                Version Match     Source
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MyASUS                             9N7R5S6B0ZZH      Unknown           msstore
ASUS Keyboard Hotkeys              9PK20DG5FB6B      Unknown           msstore
Asus Router Monitor                9NBLGGH5XFJZ      Unknown           msstore
ASUS Quick Launch                  9NRK1Z0J5N3Q      Unknown           msstore
ASUS ExpertWidget                  9N6R2R7ZT25F      Unknown           msstore
GlideX                             9PLH2SV1DVK5      Unknown           msstore
ASUS Dial & Control Panel          9P1PR01M9DLM      Unknown           msstore
ASUS Windows Mixed Reality Headset 9N0PLKMM3SC3      Unknown           msstore
ProArt Creator Hub                 9NM0HH6WDN7Q      Unknown           msstore
Splendid                           9NBLGGH406FQ      Unknown           msstore
CPUID ROG CPU-Z                    CPUID.CPU-Z.ROG   2.05    Tag: asus winget
ArmouryCrate                       Asus.ArmouryCrate 5.6.8.0           winget

winget install --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements 9N7R5S6B0ZZH 9PK20DG5FB6B 9NBLGGH5XFJZ 9NRK1Z0J5N3Q 9N6R2R7ZT25F 9PLH2SV1DVK5 9P1PR01M9DLM 9N0PLKMM3SC3 9NM0HH6WDN7Q 9NBLGGH406FQ CPUID.CPU-Z.ROG Asus.ArmouryCrate

(1/12) Found MyASUS [9N7R5S6B0ZZH] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(2/12) Found ASUS Keyboard Hotkeys [9PK20DG5FB6B] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(3/12) Found Asus Router Monitor [9NBLGGH5XFJZ] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(4/12) Found ASUS Quick Launch [9NRK1Z0J5N3Q] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(5/12) Found ASUS ExpertWidget [9N6R2R7ZT25F] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(6/12) Found GlideX [9PLH2SV1DVK5] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(7/12) Found ASUS Dial & Control Panel [9P1PR01M9DLM] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(8/12) Found ASUS Windows Mixed Reality Headset [9N0PLKMM3SC3] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(9/12) Found ProArt Creator Hub [9NM0HH6WDN7Q] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(10/12) Found Splendid [9NBLGGH406FQ] Version Unknown
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. winget may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.
Verifying/Requesting package acquisition...
Starting package install...
  ██████████████████████████████  100%
Successfully installed

(11/12) Found CPUID ROG CPU-Z [CPUID.CPU-Z.ROG] Version 2.05
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://download.cpuid.com/cpu-z/cpu-z_2.05-rog-en.exe
  ██████████████████████████████  1.78 MB / 1.78 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

(12/12) Found ArmouryCrate [Asus.ArmouryCrate] Version 5.6.8.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/14Utilities/ArmouryCrateInstallTool.zip
  ██████████████████████████████  1.96 MB / 1.96 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Extracting archive...
Successfully extracted archive
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

garlin · Aug 21, 2023

Ah, the ever common "We're too stupid to register using only ONE vendor name"...

Code:

winget search asustek
Name                               Id           Version Source
----------------------------------------------------------------
MyASUS                             9N7R5S6B0ZZH Unknown msstore
GlideX                             9PLH2SV1DVK5 Unknown msstore
ScreenXpert                        9N5RFFGFHHP6 Unknown msstore
TUF Aura Core                      9NNFL39XKXDN Unknown msstore
ROG GameVisual                     9PHDJR2JNMG0 Unknown msstore
ASUS ExpertWidget                  9N6R2R7ZT25F Unknown msstore
ASUS Keyboard Hotkeys              9PK20DG5FB6B Unknown msstore
Splendid                           9NBLGGH406FQ Unknown msstore
ProArt Creator Hub                 9NM0HH6WDN7Q Unknown msstore
ASUS Dial & Control Panel          9P1PR01M9DLM Unknown msstore
ASUS Windows Mixed Reality Headset 9N0PLKMM3SC3 Unknown msstore
USB Charger Plus                   9NH3TTFPX6TD Unknown msstore
Probe II Sense                     9WZDNCRDRC0X Unknown msstore
GameVisual                         9P4K1LFTXSH8 Unknown msstore
ASUS Quick Launch                  9NRK1Z0J5N3Q Unknown msstore

hsehestedt · Aug 22, 2023

It's working now, but only when I logon to Store. That's good enough. I just pause my script and display a message noting that user needs to connect to the Store one time before proceeding. Would be nice if there was not an interruption for that, but I can live with it

Bree · Aug 22, 2023

hsehestedt said:
I have a script that it almost perfect.....

I have just two minor hiccups:

1) Some of these tasks require Internet access. In this instance, I am working with WiFi so I have to put a pause in my script to allow me to manually connect to a WiFi network. So, my first ask is for a way to script this setup without needing a previous network profile.

This article might give you some clues. Apparently you need something called 'ICD'....

....Automatically create the WLAN profile through a provisioning package applied during the OOBE of a Windows installation (that’s done through the Image Configuration Designer / ICD or “Set up school PC” apps).

Don’t leak my WiFi key!

Prevent unexpected disclosure of WPA credentials on Windows

medium.com

johnlgalt · Aug 22, 2023

hsehestedt said:
I'll get this to you as soon as I can, hopefully in the next day or two at most. Maybe it will give you some ideas, or maybe you can tell me where I am being stupid

No rush, I do love to tinker.

As for you being stupid - that'll never happen.

hsehestedt · Aug 22, 2023

Bree said:
This article might give you some clues. Apparently you need something called 'ICD'....

Don’t leak my WiFi key!

Prevent unexpected disclosure of WPA credentials on Windows

medium.com

Thanks!

hsehestedt · Aug 23, 2023

@garlin,

I see what you were getting at. In my further experimentation today I discovered that I was indded able to install free apps with winget, but that was on my desktop system. I finally figured out that the reason for this was that on my desktop I have winget 1.5 but a new install of Windows only gives me 1.2.

Next came the challenge of trying to figure out how to upgrade winget immediately after a clean install of Windows from a command line. For some reason information about that is extremely hard to come by but I figured it out.

Home free, right? No. To upgrade winget you have to signed into the store!

So I'm back to square one.

End result is that I have this script that does a ton of great things but I can't avoid one interruption forcing me to sign onto the store.

Hopefully Windows 23H2 will include a newer winget.

johnlgalt · Aug 23, 2023

Why not script it to grab it from GitHub?

Release Windows Package Manager 1.5.2201 · microsoft/winget-cli

This release is the third stable release of Windows Package Manager 1.5 for Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11. This release contains a minor servicing fix to revert an issue with down sampling tele...

github.com

johnlgalt · Aug 23, 2023

Use the winget tool to install and manage applications

The winget command line tool enables developers to discover, install, upgrade, remove and configure applications on Windows computers.

learn.microsoft.com

How to Use Windows 10's Package Manager, "winget"

Windows 10 now has a Linux-style package manager named "winget." Here's how you can use it today.

www.howtogeek.com

According to a search, all winget items from from the winget source, except 1:

Powershell:

PS C:\Windows\System32> winget search winget
Name                                     Id                               Version        Match       Source
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WinGet-AutoUpdate-Configurator           XP89BSK82W9J28                   Unknown                    msstore
WingetUI                                 SomePythonThings.WingetUIStore   2.0.3          Tag: winget winget
Komac                                    RussellBanks.Komac               1.10.1         Tag: winget winget
neofetch-win                             nepnep.neofetch-win              1.1.2          Tag: winget winget
Windows Package Manager Manifest Creator Microsoft.WingetCreate           1.5.2.0        Tag: winget winget
Microsoft.UI.Xaml                        Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8            2.8.5          Tag: winget winget
Microsoft.UI.Xaml                        Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7            7.2208.15002.0 Tag: winget winget
HandyWinget                              HandyOrg.HandyWinget-GUI         3.2.2.0        Tag: winget winget
guinget                                  DrewNaylor.guinget               0.3.0.2        Tag: winget winget
Komac Nightly                            RussellBanks.Komac.Nightly       1.10.1         Tag: winget winget
WingetPathUpdater                        jazzdelightsme.WingetPathUpdater 1.2            Tag: winget winget
PS C:\Windows\System32>

According to that info, source adding is supposed to be there, and the command for it is there, but I don't see a way for it to make use of GitHub, as of yet. The upgrade argument does have an attribute to pick the source, but trying to use winget to upgrade winget is not playing nicely lol.

hsehestedt · Aug 23, 2023

johnlgalt said:
Why not script it to grab it form GitHub?

Release Windows Package Manager 1.5.2201 · microsoft/winget-cli

This release is the third stable release of Windows Package Manager 1.5 for Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11. This release contains a minor servicing fix to revert an issue with down sampling tele...

github.com

Any idea how? The problem I run into going that route is that this is an MSIXBUNDLE package. As a result, I run into two issues:

1) There seems to be no switch to install it silently. It pops up a dialog making me interact with. That defaults the whole purpose.

2) Even if I do interact with it, it refuses to install. Forgive, I don't have the exact error but it's something along the lines of this app uses advanced features for which it does not have permission.

hsehestedt · Aug 23, 2023

johnlgalt said:
but trying to use winget to upgrade winget is not playing nicely lol.

Yeh, I have that working, but only if I sign on to the store. I think I'm simply going to move on for now and live with having to sign on to the store. Hopefully 23H2 ships with a new version. Then this all becomes a moot point.

garlin · Aug 23, 2023

Most users don't understand the magic of WU...

The inbox (or ISO) version of winget is 1.2, and very limited. WU begins to update all your UWP (Store) apps in the background, about 10-20 min. after your first logon. App Installer gets updated to a more usable version.

Do a clean install, go enjoy a slice of pie and return to see the difference.

If you don't want to wait 10-20 min. then you need to force update winget on your schedule.

1. Download App Installer package and its dependencies. DISM integrate the packages to install.wim
2. Run one of many PS installer scripts which grab GitHub winget.

Yes, winget will probably rev in 23H2 (but to what version?)

johnlgalt · Aug 23, 2023

Powershell:

PS C:\Windows\System32> winget upgrade -?
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.6.2291-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Upgrades the selected package, either found by searching the installed packages list or directly from a manifest. By default, the query must case-insensitively match the id, name, or moniker of the package. Other fields can be used by passing their appropriate option. When no arguments are given, shows the packages with upgrades available

usage: winget upgrade [[-q] <query>...] [<options>]

The following command aliases are available:
  update

The following arguments are available:
  -q,--query                           The query used to search for a package

The following options are available:
  -m,--manifest                        The path to the manifest of the package
  --id                                 Filter results by id
  --name                               Filter results by name
  --moniker                            Filter results by moniker
  -v,--version                         Use the specified version; default is the latest version
  -s,--source                          Find package using the specified source
  -e,--exact                           Find package using exact match
  -i,--interactive                     Request interactive installation; user input may be needed
  -h,--silent                          Request silent installation
  --purge                              Deletes all files and directories in the package directory (portable)
  -o,--log                             Log location (if supported)
  --custom                             Arguments to be passed on to the installer in addition to the defaults
  --override                           Override arguments to be passed on to the installer
  -l,--location                        Location to install to (if supported)
  --scope                              Select installed package scope filter (user or machine)
  -a,--architecture                    Select the architecture
  --locale                             Locale to use (BCP47 format)
  --ignore-security-hash               Ignore the installer hash check failure
  --skip-dependencies                  Skips processing package dependencies and Windows features
  --ignore-local-archive-malware-scan  Ignore the malware scan performed as part of installing an archive type package from local manifest
  --accept-package-agreements          Accept all license agreements for packages
  --accept-source-agreements           Accept all source agreements during source operations
  --header                             Optional Windows-Package-Manager REST source HTTP header
  -r,--recurse,--all                   Upgrade all installed packages to latest if available
  -u,--unknown,--include-unknown       Upgrade packages even if their current version cannot be determined
  --pinned,--include-pinned            Upgrade packages even if they have a non-blocking pin
  --uninstall-previous                 Uninstall the previous version of the package during upgrade
  --force                              Direct run the command and continue with non security related issues
  -?,--help                            Shows help about the selected command
  --wait                               Prompts the user to press any key before exiting
  --logs,--open-logs                   Open the default logs location
  --verbose,--verbose-logs             Enables verbose logging for winget
  --disable-interactivity              Disable interactive prompts

There is one for upgrade.

As for the MSIXbundle - if we can figure out how to get winget to use github, that may be moot with the above.

johnlgalt · Aug 23, 2023

garlin said:
Most users don't understand the magic of WU...

The inbox (or ISO) version of winget is 1.2, and very limited. WU begins to update all your UWP (Store) apps in the background, about 10-20 min. after your first logon. App Installer gets updated to a more usable version.

Do a clean install, go enjoy a slice of pie and return to see the difference.

If you don't want to wait 10-20 min. then you need to force update winget on your schedule.

1. Download App Installer package and its dependencies. DISM integrate the packages to install.wim
2. Run one of many PS installer scripts which grab GitHub winget.

Yes, winget will probably rev in 23H2 (but to what version?)

Current preview is:

PS C:\Windows\System32> winget -v
v1.6.2291-preview
PS C:\Windows\System32>

Also, will it update store apps if you don't actually log in?

Finally - I cannot find winget in store apps, only Winget-Autoupdate-Configurator. I've always installed it from GitHub myself, but Store search is also pathetically bad lol.