- Updated parameter definition block to be alphabetized (not to be confused by the param block, which is not alphabetized)
- Added $PEDriversFolder script variable to the param block (for some reason it was missing)
- Added ConfigFile and ExportConfigFile parameters to support json config files
- Changed Version to 2412.1
- Modified vhdxCacheItem class to include $LogicalSectorSizeBytes
- Added new function Get-Parameters to help with new config and export config file functionality
- Fixed Get-MicrosoftDrivers function to not require the HTMLFILE COM object, which isn't available in Windows 11. It seems to be installed with Office, which is what was allowing downloads to work and masked the issue.
- Added long path support to prevent issues with oscdimg creating the Apps.iso.
- Fixed an issue where the $PEDriversFolder variable wasn't being used (instead $FFUDevelopment\PEDrivers was used)
- Created a new function New-FFUFileName - this works in conjunction with the new $CustomFFUNameTemplate. The function was needed to support both scenarios where $InstallApps is either $true or $false.
- Added new function Export-ConfigFile. When passing -ExportConfigFile 'Path\To\ConfigFile.json' the script will generate a parameter dump of all of the configured parameters
- Added driver folder validation to throw an error if spaces are detected in the folder name of the drivers folder (e.g. C:\FFUDevelopment\Drivers\Dell 3190). This is due to an issue with Dell drivers and their inability to handle paths with spaces consistently.
- Added back the Windows Security Platform update which grabs it from the web instead of the Microsoft update catalog
- Fixed an issue where the Drivers folder was being completely deleted instead of its sub-folders
- Removed the Requires -PSEdition Desktop. The script works with both Desktop and Core, so pwsh 7 is fine.
- Created a new config folder to hold config files. A new sample_default.json file is provided to show what the format looks like.
- You can now set the computername in the unattend.xml file whereever you want. Prior it required that the computername was the first component element.
- Migrate Winget downloads to use Export-WingetPackage cmdlet as per issue Known Issue: Winget downloads fail on Non-English OS #50
- Add better logging when unable to find HDD when applying FFU
When using -installapps $false when capturing a FFU, a Critical Process Died BSOD would happen when deploying the FFU and Windows attempted to load.
When capturing the FFU, the registry is loaded to grab the Windows version information to create the FFU file name. After unloading the registry, the FFU is captured. This process can happen too fast on certain hard drives (NVME). A 15 second delay was added after the unloading of the registry to allow for the process to complete before the FFU is captured.
Optimize-FFU is broken due to the Recovery partition not having a name. dism checks for the presence of a name for each partition and if it doesn't have one, optimize-FFU breaks. The fix is in the ffuprovider.dll in the 25255 branch, which is in the Insider ADK. The public release for that isn't coming soon, and using the Insider ADK requires test signing/test mode to be turned on and secureboot disabled. This causes issues with systems that have virtualization-based security. Due to this, changing the code back to not creating a recovery partition while building the FFU, and creating the recovery partition during deployment and then letting Windows copy in and configure WinRE after. Later this year, whenever the ADK gets released, I'll update the script to revert this behavior.
rbalsleyMSFT