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I'am about to build my own Windows 10 imgage. What I've done so far:

I use the following directories:

  • D:\Windows\drivers folder with drivers for my system
  • D:\Windows\extracted folder with the extracted source image
  • D:\Windows\mount folder for the created image
  • D:\Windows\wim folder for the Windows 10 file install.wim .

The workflow:

  1. Copy install.wim from D:\Windows\extracted\sources to D:\Windows\wim

  2. Download the latest (for your system) Windows ADK and install at least the following components:

     Deployment Tools
 Imaging And Configuration Designer (ICD)
 User State Migration Tool (USMT)

  3. Start cmd (press Windows+X start Windows PowerShell (Administrator) and type cmd)

  4. Disable all (programs/custom services) you can

  5. All commands following now are for the cmd:

     SET DISM="C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\DISM\dism.exe"
 %DISM% /Mount-Wim /WimFile:"D:\Windows\wim\install.wim" /index:1 /Mountdir:"D:\Windows\mount"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\bluetooth\Rtkfilter.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\HDMI Audio\AtihdWT6.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\network\rt640x64.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\touchpad\AsusTP.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\chipset\GPIO2\amdgpio2.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\chipset\I2C\amdi2c.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\chipset\PSP\amdpsp.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\chipset\SATA\amd_sata.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\chipset\SMBus\SMBUSamd.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\chipset\UART\amduart.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\video" /Recurse
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\WLAN\netrtwlane02.inf"
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"D:\Windows\drivers\audio" /Recurse
 %DISM% /Image:"D:\Windows\mount" /set-productkey:YOUR-WIN-DOWS-KEY-HERE
 %DISM% /Unmount-Wim /Mountdir:"D:\Windows\mount" /commit
 %DISM% /Cleanup-Wim

Now I wish to include some Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables. I need (because of some old games):

Is it possible to integrate the above libraries into the Windows image with DISM? If yes, how can one do this?

Ramhound
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  • Two things: (1) Windows 10 is getting inexorably nearer to end of life to invest this kind of energy in it; and (2) Apps use Visual C++ libraries and have a habit of updating Visual C++ libraries when the Apps update. Perhaps use caution of how much energy you pour into this. DirectX also seems to be more a function of major Windows versions (need Win 11 for newest DirectX) – John Jun 09 '23 at 13:49
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    "If yes, how can one do this?" - At the most basic level, install everything you want, then run [sysprep](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--generalize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-11) then create an image using DISM. – Ramhound Jun 09 '23 at 15:02
  • Hello @John! Thank you for your comment! Like I wrote in my question: I need the **old Visual C++** libraries and the **old DirectX** for **old games**. There weren't any updates for a long time now and there probably will no updates anymore. Furthermore this games don't work on `Windows 11` (maybe I'am doing something wrong). This why I will leave one computer with `Windows 10` for old stuff. For this reasons I don't need the latest updates of `Visual C++` and `DirectX`, except of `Visual C++ 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022`, because this came as a boundle and will receive updates in future too. – Su-47 Jun 10 '23 at 12:07

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