WIMUPDATE(1) User Commands WIMUPDATE(1) (NAME) wimupdate - WIM (SYNOPSIS) wimupdate WIMFILE [IMAGE] [OPTION...] [< CMDFILE] (DESCRIPTION) wimupdate wimlib- imagex update IMAGE Windows Imaging (WIM) WIMFILE . IMAGE WIMFILE . . WIMFILE . WIMFILE wiminfo(1) . WIM ( UTF-8 UTF-16LE ) . (CMDFILE) . --command . (AVAILABLE COMMANDS) CMDFILE . add [OPTION...] SOURCE DESTINATION WIM. SOURCE . DESTINATION WIM . DESTINATION WIM SOURCE . SOURCE DESTINATION . DESTINATION WIM SOURCE . DESTINATION SOURCE --no-replace . DESTINATION WIM SOURCE . add wimcapture --dereference --unix-data --no-acls --strict-acls. wimcapture(1) . add --no-replace add WIM . delete [OPTION...] PATH WIM. PATH WIM . delete : --force . --recursive . rename OLD_PATH NEW_PATH WIM. OLD_PATH WIM NEW_PATH . rename (3) POSIX NEW_PATH . rename . (OPTIONS) wimupdate : --dereference --dereference add. --unix-data --unix-data add. --no-acls --no-acls add. --strict-acls --strict-acls add. --no-replace --no-replace add. --config=FILE add. wimcapture(1) . --force --force delete. --recursive --recursive delete. --check WIM . WIM . --include-integrity WIM --check WIM . --threads=NUM_THREADS . : ( ). --rebuild WIM . WIM WIM . ( ) WIM wimoptimize(1) . wimoptimize wimupdate --rebuild wimupdate . --command=STRING STRING . . STRING STRING () . cmd.exe (double quotes) (single quotes) . : wimupdate boot.wim 1 --command="add 'C:\My Dir' '\My Dir'" . wimupdate --command ! . ( ) wimupdate . --wimboot-config=FILE : add FILE /Windows/System32/WimBootCompress.ini FILE WIMBoot . [PrepopulateList] WIMBoot ( /). --wimboot wimapply(1) . --unsafe-compact WIM <<>> . WIM . wimoptimize(1) . --ref="GLOB" (glob) WIM WIM (delta WIM) . WIM (split WIMs) WIM . WIM WIM WIM . ( TOTALBYTES .) (NOTES) wimupdate wimmountrw WIM (mount) - . wimupdate wimmountrw . WIM (dereference) . WIM "/Documents and Settings" -> "/Users" "/Users" "Public" "/Users/Public" "/Documents and Settings/Public". WIM . (forward slash) (backslash) . . WIMLIB_IMAGEX_IGNORE_CASE 0 1 . (CMDFILE) wimupdate . . '#' . wimupdate NTFS libntfs-3g wimcapture . --unsafe-compact wimupdate wimoptimize WIM WIM --rebuild . (EXAMPLES) wimupdate . WIM: update_commands.txt: delete /setup.exe delete /sources/setup.exe $ wimupdate boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt WIM. add add WIM : update_commands.txt: add somedir /dir add somefile /dir/file $ wimupdate boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt WIM: update_commands.txt: rename /dir_in_wim/oldfile.txt /dir_in_wim/newfile.txt $ wimupdate boot.wim 2 < update_commands.txt (overlays) WIM : update_commands.txt: # # WIM . # # . # # . add "My Directory" "/My Directory" # "Another Directory" # "/My Directory" WIM . # (overlay) . add "Another Directory" "/My Directory" # . rename /dir_in_wim/oldfile.txt /dir_in_wim/newfile.txt # . delete --recursive /Users/Me/Documents/Junk $ wimupdate boot.wim 2 --check < update_commands.txt (SEE ALSO) wimlib-imagex(1) wimcapture(1) wiminfo(1) wimmountrw(1) wimoptimize(1) wimlib 1.14.5 January 2026 WIMUPDATE(1)