WinNTSetup v5.4.1

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Just a hunch, but you (Antonino) are very likely replying to a "spambot" (RDS).

 

Edited July 21 by NotHereToPlayGames

[Antonino]

tx, so u suggest i should not reply anymore

[RDS]

On 7/21/2025 at 4:28 PM, Antonino said:

tx, so u suggest i should not reply anymore

Thank you! I've been using the program for years, know the basics, only haven't used MinWin.

Edited July 28 by RDS

[RafaCorreia]

Good evening. I'm having trouble using my own unattend.xml. When it starts, it displays an installation file error. My question is, what can I change in this file that comes by default? If you can share a file that works by skipping all the OOBE windows, that would be valid.

[Antonino]

I could send you the one that works for me, but would it work for u as well? what i can suggest u do is go to https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/?PartitionMode=Custom&DiskpartScript=REM&InstallToMode=Available

it will provide u with possible choices for u to make in order to obtain an autounattend.html that works for u. u can then put the resulting file in the autounattend slot provided in winntsetup and u will be good to go. i did this myself, but it is on a per-system or per-machine basis, not on a universal basis.

Edited August 13 by Antonino

[RafaCorreia]

9 hours ago, Antonino said:

I could send you the one that works for me, but would it work for u as well? what i can suggest u do is go to https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/?PartitionMode=Custom&DiskpartScript=REM&InstallToMode=Available

it will provide u with possible choices for u to make in order to obtain an autounattend.html that works for u. u can then put the resulting file in the autounattend slot provided in winntsetup and u will be good to go. i did this myself, but it is on a per-system or per-machine basis, not on a universal basis.

I already use unattend.xml on an ISO with the file structure using Source/$OEM$. This tool makes it much faster and I can take it to the client with the SSD "ready"; I just connect it. Anyway, when I replace my autounattend.xml, it doesn't work (I have a question here: is unattend.xml required to be in UTF-8?). I've been using the same one for a long time without any problems. I edit some functions in the default format and it gives errors. I've used https://schneegans.de/ and it fails. That's why I asked for a copy to compare where I'm going wrong. But the link you sent me is custom, and I'll try it and get back to you later. Thank you.

Excuse the English, I'm using Google Translate.

 

----EDIT----

 

Reporting that the possible error was UTF-8 BOM (I don't know why Notepad++ changed this and it was in its latest version.)
So far no problems, I've tested with more than 10 computers.

Edited August 13 by RafaCorreia

[Antonino]

Well, I am glad it does the trick.

[Antonino]

btw, another minwinning caveat: do not delete or 0byte windows\UUS, lest your system should freeze on the "welcome" screen right before boot completion, never to see the desktop interface again.

Edited August 31 by Antonino

[ibay770]

On 1/31/2011 at 4:49 AM, JFX said:

WinNTSetup - a simple but powerful universal Windows Installer

 

Features:

• Install (unattend) Windows 2k/XP/20??/Vista/7/8.x/10/11 x86/x64/arm64
• Practically runs even on the most minimalistic WinPE
• selectable drive letter for the new Windows installation
• Fully automated with save/load setting in ini file and various command line options
• Install Windows also if nlite/vlite has remove winnt32.exe/setup.exe
• Integrate Drivers: normal PNP and Textmode Drivers
• Patch uxtheme to allow unsigned Themes
• Some common registry tweaks and *.reg file import
• DISM APPX  removal, feature enable/disable
• Simple VHD creation and Installation
• Support "Windows to Go" for Windows 7 and later installs
• Supports WimBoot and CompactOS option for Windows 7 and later
• Supports all current WIM files: WIM/SWM/ESD and ISO files
• WinCapture - capture a Windows installation to WIM or ESD file
• MinWin - simple trimming WIM in memory before apply
• WinCopy - copy an existing Windows installation to another partition
• Offline Hotfix uninstall
• Offline password reset

 

Not Supported:

• - No Windows embedded version (this includes WinFLP)
• - No upgrades of existing installations

About driver installation:

Every driver added in NT6.x windows will be added to the driver store.
So it's not recommended to add countless driver, but rather more really required ones.

NT5.x massstorage driver integration is possible thanks to Mr dUSHA powerful MSSTMake.exe tool

To the Unattend option:

It's possible to use an unattend.xml to run the Setup unattended.
But as the actual WinPE Setup Phase isn't effective in that way of install, all Winpe related settings inside the unattend.xml
won't be applied.

Ini config file

It's possible to save all GUI-settings to a ini file:

push Ctrl + S to save all settings to an ini.
push Ctrl + L to load all settings from an ini.

A WinNTSetup.ini file in the same dir as the app itself will be loaded automatically at startup.

It also can be selected via command line:

WinNTSetup.exe /cfg:"C:\mysettings.ini"

 

If you want to modify ini settings yourself, click-click has made a nice PDF for it.

For advanced users there are also hidden settings described in the included WinNTSetup.ini.txt

 

Command line:

- Press F1 to get list of all options

 

To install Windows in a VHD file:

- requires Windows 7 as OS and Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise or Server 2008 R2 as Source
- create a partitioned VHD and assign a drive letter (push Ctrl + Shift + V to use build in diskpart wrapper for this)
- select the VHD drive as installation drive (make sure you boot drive ist a active primary partition on a physical disk)

If you get an Antivirus warning from your AV software, please report it to them as a false positive and let them check it.


Current Version: 5.4.1

 

Download: Mega - MediaFire

 

 

 

How do I use MinWin? I'm not seeing that option.