How to run copype.cmd for WinPE from Batch File

I'm writing a tool that sets up a WinPE Drive for you, and I have been calling DISM commands from an admin batch file. However, I cannot figure out how to run the copype command to set up the drive initially.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\copype.cmd" is where the copype tool is located but when calling it with dism with this command: Dism "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\copype.cmd" amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64 it responds that Dism doesn't recognise the command-line option "copype.cmd" If I try running the file directly from a command prompt, it says it cannot find the amd64 infrastructure. The only way I can get it to start is if I run an administrator Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment and run the copype command. There must be a way to do this, but I cant figure out how.

2 Answers

Turns out the Windows ADK Copype has been a bit broken since Windows 8. It's missing some variable. If you put this in your batch file you can use call :copype to call commands to it:

:copype setlocal set TEMPL=media set FWFILES=fwfiles rem rem Input validation rem if /i "%1"=="/?" goto usage if /i "%1"=="" goto usage if /i "%~2"=="" goto usage if /i not "%3"=="" goto usage rem rem Set environment variables for use in the script rem set WINPE_ARCH=%1 set SOURCE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\%WINPE_ARCH% set FWFILESROOT=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\%WINPE_ARCH%\Oscdimg set DEST=%~2 set WIMSOURCEPATH=%SOURCE%\en-us\winpe.wim rem rem Validate input architecture rem rem If the source directory as per input architecture does not exist, rem it means the architecture is not present rem if not exist "%SOURCE%" ( echo ERROR: The following processor architecture was not found: %WINPE_ARCH%. exit /b 1 ) rem rem Validate the boot app directory location rem rem If the input architecture is validated, this directory must exist rem This check is only to be extra careful rem if not exist "%FWFILESROOT%" ( echo ERROR: The following path for firmware files was not found: "%FWFILESROOT%". exit /b 1 ) rem rem Make sure the appropriate winpe.wim is present rem if not exist "%WIMSOURCEPATH%" ( echo ERROR: WinPE WIM file does not exist: "%WIMSOURCEPATH%". exit /b 1 ) rem rem Make sure the destination directory does not exist rem if exist "%DEST%" ( echo ERROR: Destination directory exists: %2. exit /b 1 ) mkdir "%DEST%" if errorlevel 1 ( echo ERROR: Unable to create destination: %2. exit /b 1 ) echo. echo =================================================== echo Creating Windows PE customization working directory echo. echo %DEST% echo =================================================== echo. mkdir "%DEST%\%TEMPL%" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL mkdir "%DEST%\mount" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL mkdir "%DEST%\%FWFILES%" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL rem rem Copy the boot files and WinPE WIM to the destination location rem xcopy /cherky "%SOURCE%\Media" "%DEST%\%TEMPL%\" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL mkdir "%DEST%\%TEMPL%\sources" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL copy "%WIMSOURCEPATH%" "%DEST%\%TEMPL%\sources\boot.wim" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL rem rem Copy the boot apps to enable ISO boot rem rem UEFI boot uses efisys.bin rem BIOS boot uses etfsboot.com rem copy "%FWFILESROOT%\efisys.bin" "%DEST%\%FWFILES%" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL if exist "%FWFILESROOT%\etfsboot.com" ( copy "%FWFILESROOT%\etfsboot.com" "%DEST%\%FWFILES%" if errorlevel 1 goto :FAIL ) endlocal echo. echo Success echo. cd /d "%~2" goto :EOF :usage echo Creates working directories for WinPE image customization and media creation. echo. echo copype { amd64 ^| x86 ^| arm } ^<workingDirectory^> echo. echo amd64 Copies amd64 boot files and WIM to ^<workingDirectory^>\media. echo x86 Copies x86 boot files and WIM to ^<workingDirectory^>\media. echo arm Copies arm boot files and WIM to ^<workingDirectory^>\media. echo Note: ARM content may not be present in this ADK. echo workingDirectory Creates the working directory at the specified location. echo. echo Example: copype amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64 goto :EOF :FAIL echo ERROR: Failed to create working directory. set EROP=YEs exit /b 1 Rem CopyPE created by Microsoft and Edited by Lucas Elliott and wjsorensen on technet ::------------------------ END -------------------------- 

For Anyone using Windows 8, you can see their solution here:

Ehm, I stepped here looking for info about copype, and followed the link to the technet forum. There's a new post from a few days ago - I strongly recommend reading it. In short, copype is not broken at all: it is just meant to be run from the ADK environment (the cmd prompt called by clicking the apposite link in Start -> All Programs -> Windows Kits -> Windows ADK). (Oh well, this is the path on Win 7: I installed the Windows 8 ADK (version 6.3.9600.17029) on Windows 7; in Win 8, and probably also in Win 10, the path will be somewhat different due to the different layout of the Start menu.)