WIMAPPLY(1) User Commands WIMAPPLY(1) (NAME) wimapply - WIM (SYNOPSIS) wimapply WIMFILE [IMAGE] TARGET [OPTION...] (DESCRIPTION) wimapply wimlib-imagex apply (WIM) WIMFILE (<<>>) . IMAGE WIMFILE . <> . WIMFILE . WIMFILE wiminfo(1) . TARGET () . TARGET () () (DIRECTORY EXTRACTION (UNIX)) () (DIRECTORY EXTRACTION (WINDOWS)) . TARGET . TARGET NTFS () (NTFS VOLUME EXTRACTION (UNIX)) . wimapply <<>> WIM . WIM wimextract(1) . IMAGE <> WIMFILE TARGET . NTFS () (NTFS VOLUME EXTRACTION (UNIX)) . WIMFILE <<->> WIM . WIM (PIPABLE WIMS) . () (DIRECTORY EXTRACTION (UNIX)) WIM . NTFS . ( ). : o o ( DACL) o o (Reparse points) (junction points) o (Named data streams) o ( 8.3 DOS ). o (Object IDs) wimextract . NTFS --unix-data. NTFS () (NTFS VOLUME EXTRACTION (UNIX)) wimlib ( () (DIRECTORY EXTRACTION (WINDOWS)) ). NTFS () (NTFS VOLUME EXTRACTION (UNIX)) TARGET ( /dev/sda3) NTFS (unmounted) . wimapply libntfs-3g WIM NTFS . mkntfs(8) . NTFS : o . o (Reparse points) (junction points) . o NTFS . o ( DACL SACL). o o Win32 DOS Win32+DOS POSIX. . o (Object IDs). . (EAs) . WIM wimapply ( wimapply DISM ) ( ). (EXAMPLES) <> . () (Vista ) <> << >> (bootable) \BOOTMGR \BOOT\BCD . bcdboot.exe Windows PE . ntfs-3g(8) libntfs-3g . WIM NTFS ntfs-3g(8) (unmount) . WIM NTFS . () (DIRECTORY EXTRACTION (WINDOWS)) wimapply ( wimextract) NTFS . NTFS Administrator NTFS Administrator . wimapply : o . . o . Administrator . --rpfix --norpfix . o . o --no-acls . Administrator Administrator (--strict-acls ). o (hidden) (compressed) (encrypted) (sparse) . o ( 8.3 DOS ). o . o (Object IDs) . o (EAs) . : o WIM wimapply . o ( FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED) WIM wimapply . . . o --include- invalid-names . o ( MAX_PATH) . o --no-acls wimlib WIM . Administrator . SE_RESTORE_NAME / SE_BACKUP_NAME . wimlib ( ) . --no-acls . o Readonly Hidden System . wimlib . --no-attributes ..SH "WIM (SPLIT WIMS)" wimapply WIM (split WIM) wimextract WIM . WIMFILE WIM WIM --ref="GLOB" . globbing --ref --ref . WIM : mywim.swm mywim2.swm mywim3.swm mywim4.swm mywim5.swm WIM "dir" : wimapply mywim.swm 1 dir --ref="mywim*.swm" WIM (PIPABLE WIMS) wimapply WIM (nonseekable) (pipe) WIM wimlib --pipable ( wimcapture(1)). WIM "-" WIMFILE . WIM . WIM HTTP NTFS /dev/sda1 : wget -O - https://myserver/mywim.wim | wimapply - 1 /dev/sda1 WIM WIM . WIM . . (OPTIONS) --check WIMFILE . --ref="GLOB" (glob) WIM WIM . SPLIT_WIMS . . : GLOB wimapply (shell expansion) . --rpfix, --norpfix ( : reparse points) . (--rpfix) WIM wimapply . . WIMFILE reparse-point --rpfix . --norpfix . reparse point NTFS . --unix-data ( ) wimcapture --unix-data . : ( ) (device nodes) (named pipes) ( ) . --no-acls (security descriptors) . --strict-acls WIM . wimapply ( SACL) . wimapply Administrator . --unix-data wimapply . --no-attributes readonly hidden . --include-invalid-names . <<>> . POSIX '\0' '/' POSIX WIM . (*) '/' '\0' '\' ':' '*' '?' '"' '<' '>' '|' . WIM . WIM wimcapture POSIX . --include-invalid-names . (*) ObCaseInsensitive 0 wimapply NTFS . --wimboot : << >> (pointer files) () WIM . . () WIM . <> . [PrepopulateList] \Windows\System32\WimBootCompress.ini WIM . WIMBoot. . Administrator NTFS reparse points . 8.1 1 (<>) . WOF wimlib WIMBoot ioctl WOF . WOF wimlib reparse "\System Volume Information\WimOverlay.dat" . . wimlib "\System Volume Information\WimOverlay.wimlib_backup" . WIM << WIMBoot>> --wimboot . << >> (externally backed) WIM . () WIMBoot . <> ( XML) . XPRESS 4096 wimcapture --wimboot WIM XPRESS 8192 16384 32768 LZX 32768 . --compact=FORMAT : (System Compression) . 10 wofadk.sys . System Compression FORMAT . : xpress4k xpress8k xpress16k lzx. --wimboot . : [PrepopulateList] \Windows\System32\WimBootCompress.ini WIM . wimlib . --recover-data ( ) . WIM . ..SH " (NOTES)" : WIM (checksums) . () wimlib --recover-data . ( /verify ImageX .) WIM ( ) WIM . wimlib --check . ESD: wimlib WIM (solid-compressed) "ESD" ( .esd) WIM ( .wim) . ESD wimlib . : wimlib (directory traversal) ( WIM ) . wimlib (decompressors) (fuzz testing) . wimlib (DOS) << >> (zip bombs) . (EXAMPLES) Windows PE WIM "boot": wimapply /mnt/windows/sources/boot.wim 1 boot "install.wim" : wimapply install.wim 1 E:\ (UNIX-like) /dev/sda2 : wimapply install.wim 1 /dev/sda2 NTFS format.exe mkntfs(8) . : mkntfs /dev/sda2 && wimapply install.wim 1 /dev/sda2 ( !) WIM SPLIT WIMS PIPABLE WIMS . (SEE ALSO) wimlib-imagex(1) wimcapture(1) wimextract(1) wiminfo(1) wimlib 1.14.5 January 2026 WIMAPPLY(1)