How to Add Windows Updates to a Windows Installation Image

Опубликовано: 30 Март 2026
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This guide will teach you how to add the Windows updates to the Windows installation media so that you don't need to check for updates on each computer each time you make a fresh installation.





Microsoft Windows Update Catalog
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft....


Windows ADK, Assessment and Development Kit
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/win...



List the editions of Windows in the ESD/WIM image file:

DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:"E:\sources\install.wim"


Convert install.esd image file to install.wim file.

dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:"E:\sources\install.esd" /SourceIndex:6 /DestinationImageFile:C:\WInImage\Install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity


Mount the install.wim file containing the Windows installation image to the C:mnt directory using DISM:

dism /mount-wim /wimfile:E:\Sources\install.wim /index:6 /mountdir:C:\mnt


You can now begin the process of integrating the suitable MSU updates from the specified source directory into your offline Windows image.

dism /image:C:\mnt /add-package /packagepath:C:\msu



If the resulting install.wim file is larger than 4GB, you won’t be able to use it to install Windows on a UEFI-based machine. In fact, to install Windows on a UEFI device, you should format your installation media in FAT32. Files larger than 4GB are not supported by FAT32 filesystem.


In this case, you must split the original install.wim into smaller SWM files:

dism /split-Image /imagefile:C:\Winmage\install.wim /swmfile:C:\WinImage\install.swm /filesize:4096


This sample command creates a Windows installation ISO image with UEFI and BIOS support from a local folder (oscdimg.exe is part of the Windows ADK, Assessment and Development Kit):

oscdimg.exe -h -m -o -u2 -udfver102 -bootdata:2#p0,e,bC:\WinImage\boot\etfsboot.com#pEF,e,bC:\WinImage\efi\microsoft\boot\efisys.bin -lWin11 C:\WinImage %UserProfile%\Desktop\windows11.iso

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