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Jeff Sparrow
Copper Contributor
Mar 26, 2018

Server 2019 - No Desktop version for unattended?

Trying to net-install the latest version.   When installing via the GUI, I have the option for a Desktop.  However, according to DISM, those options are not available.   How do I net-install the Desk...
2019
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Jeff Sparrow
Copper Contributor
Mar 27, 2018

Mount-WindowsImage works with:

Mount-WindowsImage -ImagePath C:\Users\dhcpadmin\Downloads\install.wim -Name 'Windows Server Standard (Desktop Experience)' -Path C:\Users\dhcpadmin\Downloads\wim

However, Expand-WindowsImage fails with the exact same command:

Expand-WindowsImage -ImagePath C:\Users\dhcpadmin\Downloads\install.wim -Name 'Windows Server Standard (Desktop Experience)' -ApplyPath C:\Users\dhcpadmin\Downloads\wim

Failure:

Expand-WindowsImage : Either the Name or Index parameter is required
At line:1 char:1
+ Expand-WindowsImage -ImagePath C:\Users\dhcpadmin\Downloads\install.w ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Expand-WindowsImage], PSArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Expand-WindowsImage,Microsoft.Dism.Commands.ExpandWindowsImageCommand

Not really sure why..

 

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Jeff Sparrow
Copper Contributor
Mar 27, 2018

I think the index/naming is broken for the current version as there is no difference in the expanding name:

PS C:\Users\dhcpadmin\Downloads> Get-WindowsImage -ImagePath 'C:\Users\dhcpadmin\Downloads\install.wim'


ImageIndex : 1
ImageName : Windows Server 2016 SERVERSTANDARD
ImageDescription : Windows Server 2016 SERVERSTANDARD
ImageSize : 7,733,349,545 bytes

ImageIndex : 2
ImageName : Windows Server 2016 SERVERSTANDARD
ImageDescription : Windows Server 2016 SERVERSTANDARD
ImageSize : 13,933,587,250 bytes

ImageIndex : 3
ImageName : Windows Server 2016 SERVERDATACENTERCORE
ImageDescription : Windows Server 2016 SERVERDATACENTERCORE
ImageSize : 7,729,823,684 bytes

ImageIndex : 4
ImageName : Windows Server 2016 SERVERDATACENTER
ImageDescription : Windows Server 2016 SERVERDATACENTER
ImageSize : 13,928,924,779 bytes

Both index 1 (core) and index 2 (desktop) share the same name.

 

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    Brentfor
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    Apr 03, 2018

    Hi Jeff, I am on the server team.  Thank you for evaluating this Insider build and giving us feedback!  I can confirm that yes indeed there is naming issue in this build with the images in install.wim.  We have since fixed this, but in the meantime you should be able to mount the correct image by index.  

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