Windows 10 download with install.wim

Open command prompt as an administrator. How to see which build and edition of Windows 10 the iso file Double click the iso file to mount it in File Explorer.

Open the "sources" folder and see which extension has the largest file by size, named "Install". Now look at the address bar and see which drive letter File Explorer assigned to the opened ISO file.

Open an elevated command prompt. You can check what version of Windows you have in your computer, by looking at the Windows version through Run command. Just type WINVER, in the run dialog box and you could know the version of Windows you are using and also, you can identify the edition next to the version mentioned.

Double-click the drive letter of the mounted drive. Double-click the Sources folder. Sort folder contents by Name, and look for a file named install. Launch winver. Simply type in winver into the run command text box and hit OK. That is it. You should now see a dialog screen revealing the OS build and registration information.

Where is the install WIM file in Windows 10? Category: technology and computing photo editing software. This is complicated enough internals that only a handful of people on the web understand it enough to explain it fully, something I've been doing for ten years in tens of thousands of posts.

Now an Independent Advisor. I do not quit for those who are polite and cooperative. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. For the most part, any installation media downloaded from Microsoft Create Media site no longer uses Install. The newer ISO's, downloads, flash media, and etc. This is more highly compressed than the.

ESD has a far more efficient compression ratio than WIM, which is an extremely old compression technology. To give an example, my custom Install. The second WIM that we all know about is the Boot.

This is found in the Sources directory of Operating System Media. As WIM images use somewhat common compression algorithms, they can be accessed by using file archivers like 7-Zip. Active 2 years ago. Viewed 49k times.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Abdul Rauf Abdul Rauf 5, 4 4 gold badges 44 44 silver badges 63 63 bronze badges. Wouldn't it be nice if they just used install. Chockomonkey windows 10 installation media doesn't have install. That's the whole point of this question.

I just mean that since dism is able to read esd files as wim files, and they both play the same role for the installation media, either microsoft should have added support for the esd version of the install file in MDT, or just stuck with the wim extention — Chockomonkey.

You can use dism to convert the install. WinOutreach2 WinOutreach2 1 1 bronze badge.