Rufus Releases

Like rather then doing the same old "Oh I have to check for updates upon first boot" but I'm just saying is there a way to Look for updates for the ISO before creating with Rufus? Like a script of sorts with instructions for a non-Tech user Like you'd extract the ISO then add the updates (ofc no Drivers update)

antspants said:

Sure, so you don't remember?

My understanding is that disconnecting the internet now causes complications unless you do a local account install.
Howevvvva; I recently poled a studio audience and apparently I have zero idea about what I am referring to.

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What kind of complications? I always disconnect from the internet to upgrade since I have an unsupported computer. If I do the mistake to stay online 23H2 fails at 70-75% of the first stage (before even the first restart). I haven't checked with 24H2, but I wouldn't risk it. I stay offline for every upgrade to the new version in addition to bypassing compatibility check. I would recommend that to even compliant PCs if you use the ISO to upgrade.

Rufus 4.7.2230 Beta changelog:

• Add a mechanism to detect and download updated DBXs from the official UEFI repository
• Add ztsd compression support for disk images
• Add a new exclusion feature in the settings, to ignore disks with a specific GPT GUID
• Improve detection for compressed VHD images that are too large to fit the target drive
• Fix commandline hogger not being deleted when running Rufus from a different directory
• Fix FAT filenames from embedded images being potentially truncated on image extraction
• Fix a side-loading vulnerability [CVE-2025-26624] with cfgmgr32.dll (with thanks to @EmperialX)
• Fix UI memory leaks (courtesy of @ozone10)
• Fall back to user/system default locale when getting error description (courtesy of @Wack0)
• Don't run the commandline hogger on POSIX shells
• Drop ARM 32-bit builds (Note that ARM 64-bit builds are NOT affected by this)

LOL - looks like KP for 4.6 but most folks would never experience any of that. But very nice of Rufus to stay ahead of the curve - they have made themselves a very valuable player in the game!!! Nice!!!

Rufus 4.7.2231 changelog:

• Add a mechanism to detect and download updated DBXs from the official UEFI repository
• Add ztsd compression support for disk images
• Add a new exclusion feature in the settings, to ignore disks with a specific GPT GUID
• Improve detection for compressed VHD images that are too large to fit the target drive
• Fix commandline hogger not being deleted when running Rufus from a different directory
• Fix FAT filenames from embedded images being potentially truncated on image extraction
• Fix a side-loading vulnerability [CVE-2025-26624] with cfgmgr32.dll (with thanks to @EmperialX)
• Fix UI memory leaks (courtesy of @ozone10)
• Fall back to user/system default locale when getting error description (courtesy of @Wack0)
• Don't run the commandline hogger on POSIX shells
• Drop ARM 32-bit builds (Note that ARM 64-bit builds are NOT affected by this)
• Update FreeDOS and Grub4DOS to latest

Version 4.8.2250 Beta (2025.05.26)

Switch to wimlib for all WIM image processing:
- Greatly speeds up image analysis when opening Windows ISOs
- Can speed up Windows To Go drive creation (But won't do miracles if you have a crap drive)
- Might help with Parallels limitations on Mac (But Rufus on Parallels is still UNSUPPORTED)
- Enables the splitting of >4GB files with Alt-E (But still WAY SLOWER than using UEFI:NTFS)
Switch to using Visual Studio binaries everywhere, due to MinGW DLL delay-loading limitations
Add more exceptions for Linux ISOs that restrict themselves to DD mode (Nobara, openSUSE, ...)
Improve reporting of UEFI bootloaders in the log, with info on the Secure Boot status
Fix an issue with size limitations when writing an uncompressed VHD back to the same drive
Fix a crash when opening the log with the 32-bit MinGW compiled version

Getting it now. Thanks.

Rufus 4.8.2253 Final

Version 4.8.2253 (2025.06.11)

Switch to wimlib for all WIM image processing:
Greatly speeds up image analysis when opening Windows ISOs
Can speed up Windows To Go drive creation (But won't do miracles if you have a crap drive)
Might help with Parallels limitations on Mac (But Rufus on Parallels is still unsupported)
Enables the splitting of >4GB files with Alt-E (But still WAY SLOWER than using UEFI:NTFS)
Switch to using Visual Studio binaries everywhere, due to MinGW DLL delay-loading limitations
Add more exceptions for Linux ISOs that restrict themselves to DD mode (Nobara, openSUSE, ...)
Improve reporting of UEFI bootloaders in the log, with info on the Secure Boot status
Fix an issue with size limitations when writing an uncompressed VHD back to the same drive
Fix a crash when opening the log with the 32-bit MinGW compiled version
Fix commandline parameters not being forwarded to original Windows setup.exe

I just ran the latest Rufus version 4.8.2253 and Ive noticed this does not show up after selecting the ISO, not sure if its a bug?
Anyone else have this issue?
I went back to Rufus version 4.7.2231 and its back

Rufus Does Not Show Windows User Experience dialogue when scheme set to GPT

You are correct. I tried to make a Windows 24H2 iso into a bootable USB and the bypass dialogue never came up.

Rufus 4.9.2256
Fixes

• Fix downloads from Rufus - The Official Website (Download, New Releases) no longer working due to recent GitHub server changes
• Fix unofficial Windows ISOs, with single index WIMs, not presenting the WUE dialog