Mini-WinFE - reboot - Projects

This is a new thread for discussing Mini-WinFE, taking over from -

Mini-WinFE Support topic - https://reboot.pro/i...showtopic=19036
MistyPE Support topic - https://reboot.pro/i...showtopic=18917

I was prevously maintaining two different WinPE winbuilder projects - MistyPE and Mini-WinFE. MistyPE/Mini-WinFE development stalled some time ago. This was initially due to a combination of work/life commitments and the limited free time I had having been spent working on the PEBakery ChrisPE project. And then Covid hit!

Time constraints remain an issue. Rather than abandoning the project I decided to use the ChrisPE fileset as a base for updating Mini-WinFE. I have migrated the project to GitHub, with a Mini-WinFE project with two different branches. The WinPE branch (direct link - https://github.com/M...inFE/tree/WinPE) is intended as a MistyPE replacement.

WinBuilder or PEBakery can be used to run/build the project - both are included in the download. PEBakery 0.9.5.1 beta5 build is included - the project has been tested with more recent PEBakery builds including PEBakery 1.0.0, however tests were limited to running on a Windows 10 host operating system. Build 1.0.0 failed to run during a brief test on Windows 8.1.

NOTE - .Net Framework 4.7.1 and Windows 7 or newer is required to run PEBakery 0.9.5.1 beta. It should run ok on Windows 10.

As stated, the Mini-WinFE reboot is available via GitHub -

main - forensic focus. A number of applications and settings that could potentially perform disk writes have been removed.
WinPE - includes more applications and options - use with caution as it is possible to use settings that will not write protect disks.

Support for Windows 10 up to and including 22H2 sources - this includes SysWOW64 support. Testing has been limited. More details of supported builds is available @ http://winfe.mistypr...files/winpe.htm

Windows 11 builds 21H2 and 22H2 also appear to be working, but have not been thoroughly tested.

Some of the previous features of MistyPE/Mini-WinFE are missing, however the build process should be more straightforward due to reduced options.

http://winfe.mistyprojects.co.uk/ - project instructions/information
http://winfe.mistypr...files/winpe.htm - details of supported source files.
http://winfe.mistypr...files/links.htm - download instructions.

Misty

I have added some package for use in Mini-WinFE to the following page - http://winfe.mistypr...winfe/packages/

My intention is to use this page to keep the size of the main project download relatively small.

Current packages include -

DiskGenius
Ghost
Notepad++
Notepad2
PEPassPass
WinMerge

The Ghost package contains a project script only - you will need your own copy of the software and can then use the script to add the ghost files to the cache used during the build process.

Instructions for adding package are covered on the following page - http://winfe.mistypr...es/packages.htm

The instructions currently only contain a screenshot for running in PEBakery. If using WinBuilder, use the small green play button.

Misty

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