Key
Key specifies the absolute hierarchical path to a key specified as part of the metadata for an image in a Windows image (.wim) file. The keys and their values depend on the images in the .wim file. This information can be viewed in the ImageX output for the .wim file.
Values
Absolute_path_to_image |
Specifies the absolute hierarchical path to a key specified as part of the metadata for an image in a .wim file. Absolute_path_to_image is a string. |
Valid Passes
Parent Hierarchy
Microsoft-Windows-Setup | ImageInstall | DataImage | InstallFrom | MetaData | Key
Applies To
For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Setup.
XML Example
The following XML output shows how to set the ImageInstall setting to install both an operating system image and a data image.
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallFrom>
<Credentials>
<Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain>
<Password>MyPassword</Password>
<Username>MyUsername</Username>
</Credentials>
<Path>\\networkshare\share\install.wim</Path>
<MetaData wcm:action="add">
<Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
<Value>FabrikamCustomOSImage</Value>
</MetaData>
</InstallFrom>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
</OSImage>
<DataImage wcm:action="add">
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<InstallFrom>
<Credentials>
<Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain>
<Password>MyPassword</Password>
<Username>MyUsername</Username>
</Credentials>
<Path>\\networkshare\share\data.wim</Path>
<MetaData wcm:action="add">
<Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
<Value>FabrikamData</Value>
</MetaData>
</InstallFrom>
<Order>1</Order>
</DataImage>
</ImageInstall>