ImageX Technical Reference

Applies To: Windows 7

ImageX is a Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 tool that captures and applies Windows images using compressed .WIM files. For Windows 8, see Windows Deployment with the Windows ADK.

You typically use the ImageX tool with the Windows Imaging File System Filter (WIM FS Filter) driver. The WIM FS Filter driver enables you to mount an image to a directory, where you can browse, copy, paste, and edit the files from a file-management tool, such as Windows Explorer, without extracting or recreating the image. ImageX is commonly used in a Windows PE environment during image-based deployments.

In This Section

What Is ImageX?	Describes the benefits, common scenarios, limitations, dependencies, supported platforms, and technologies related to ImageX.
How ImageX Works	Describes the architecture and how ImageX works.
ImageX Command-Line Options	Describes the ImageX command-line options.
Windows Imaging File Format (WIM)	Describes the Windows image (.wim) file format.
Create a Windows Image for Multiple Architecture Types	Describes how to manage multiple images for multiple architecture types.
Create an ImageX Configuration File	Describes how to create a configuration file to determine which folders and files to include or not include.
Append a Volume Image to an Existing Image	Describes how to use the /append option appends a volume image to an existing .wim file.

See Also

Concepts

Windows PE Technical Reference