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In Windows XP, the environment is loaded by <code>setupldr.bin</code> in a similar manner to the text mode setup. However, it does not load the operating system into a RAM disk by default and therefore it is required to keep the system disk in the drive, as ejecting it would cause the system to misbehave. In Windows Vista, the system is stored inside a [[WIM file]] called <code>boot.wim</code>, which is loaded by the [[Windows Boot Manager|boot manager]] into a RAM disk and then executed. Unlike regular versions of Windows, Windows PE uses the <code>/MININT</code> switch to instruct the kernel to load registry hives as volatile to ensure that the operating system does not attempt to save any registry changes to the boot disk. | In Windows XP, the environment is loaded by <code>setupldr.bin</code> in a similar manner to the text mode setup. However, it does not load the operating system into a RAM disk by default and therefore it is required to keep the system disk in the drive, as ejecting it would cause the system to misbehave. In Windows Vista, the system is stored inside a [[WIM file]] called <code>boot.wim</code>, which is loaded by the [[Windows Boot Manager|boot manager]] into a RAM disk and then executed. Unlike regular versions of Windows, Windows PE uses the <code>/MININT</code> switch to instruct the kernel to load registry hives as volatile to ensure that the operating system does not attempt to save any registry changes to the boot disk. | ||
Windows | ==Appearance== | ||
The environment used the [[Windows Classic]] theme up to version 3.0 (based on [[Windows 7]]), as it didn't include support for [[visual style]]s. The theme services was introduced in WinPE 4.0 (based on [[Windows 8]]) together with the [[Windows Aero]] theme, although it falls back to [[Windows Basic]] window frames due to [[Desktop Window Manager]] not being included. The theme is partially broken since [[Windows 10]] and uses the Segoe UI Italic font for the entire user interface. | |||
==List of versions== | ==List of versions== | ||
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|[[Windows 10]] | |[[Windows 10]] | ||
|Windows PE for Windows 10 | |Windows PE for Windows 10 | ||
|New WinPE builds released in sync with Windows 10 feature updates | |New WinPE builds are released in sync with Windows 10 feature updates | ||
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|[[Windows 11]] | |[[Windows 11]] | ||
|Windows PE for Windows 11 | |Windows PE for Windows 11 | ||
|New WinPE builds released in sync with Windows 11 feature updates | |New WinPE builds are released in sync with Windows 11 feature updates | ||
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