
Microsoft constantly evolves Windows 10 with frequent updates to add features and also fix various issues. You can import SOFTWARE, DEFAULT, DRIVERS, SAM or SYSTEM hives.Ģ.2) Open Registry Editor (regedit) on host, you will notice it now contains temporary hive HKLM\OFFLINE:Ģ.3) Edit registry settings in temporary hive as you wish.Windows 10 was released by Microsoft in July 2015 and was an addition to the Windows NT family. Reg load HKLM\OFFLINE C:\Mount\Windows\System32\Config\Security Replace the imported hive name with one you want to import, for instance the following command would import hive SECURITY from offline image: Reg load HKLM\OFFLINE C:\Mount\Windows\System32\Config\SoftwareĪbove command creates a new hive HKLM\OFFLINE in host registry importing HKLM\SOFTWARE hive from offline image to it. In this example I will import HKLM\Software hive from offline registry to a temporary hive named OFFLINE in host registry: For instance, mounting the multi edition build 16299.15 image requires almost 12 GB, in addition to space required to work with the image:Ģ.1) To be able to edit offline registry, offline registry hive you want to modify needs to be imported to a temporary hive in your host registry. I do not recommend mounting an image to a folder on a drive with less than 15 GB free space. Please notice, the drive where the Mount folder is located needs some free space.

I want to use PRO edition to edit its registry, noting its index number 8:ġ.5) Mount the image of your preferred Windows 10 edition using it's index number, index 8 in this example:ĭism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:D:\ISO_Files\Sources\install.wim /index:8 /MountDir:C:\Mount In this example I have copied all content of Windows Insider build 16299 to ISO_Files folder. Note the index number of your selected edition. Enter following command to check what editions are included in image:ĭism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\ISO_Files\Sources\install.wim In this example I use folder C:\Mount.ġ.4) Open elevated PowerShell ( tutorial).

If you have Windows 10 install media on a USB flash drive, you can skip steps 1.1 & 1.2 and use it instead.ġ.3) Create a folder to mount offline image.
