Applies ToWindows Server, version 23H2

Summary

This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment in Windows Server, version 23H2.

How to get this update

Install this update

To install this update, use one of the following release channels.

Available

Next step

Yes

This update is available through Windows Update. It will be downloaded and installed automatically.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to apply this update.

Restart information

You do not have to restart your device after you apply this update.

Removal information

This update cannot be removed once it is applied to a Windows image.

Update replacement information

This update replaces the previously released update KB5046909.

Verify the installation of this update

After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.25398.1361.

To get the version of WinRE installed, run the following PowerShell script "GetWinReVersion.ps1" with Administrator credentials. After you run the script, you should receive the installed WinRE version as in the following example:

GetWinReVersion.ps1 PowerShell script

################################################################################################

#

# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

# Licensed under the MIT License.

#

# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED *AS IS*, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE

# SOFTWARE.

#

################################################################################################
# Function to get WinRE path

function GetWinREPath {

    $WinRELocation = (reagentc /info | Select-String "Windows RE location")

    if ($WinRELocation) {

        return $WinRELocation.ToString().Split(':')[-1].Trim()

    } else {

        Write-Host "Failed to find WinRE path" -ForegroundColor Red

        exit 1

    }

}

 
# Creates and needs to be return the mount directory
function GetMountDir {
    # systemdirve\mnt
    $MountDir = "$env:SystemDrive\mnt"
    if (-not (Test-Path $MountDir)) {
        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $MountDir -Force | Out-Null
    }
    return $MountDir
}  

# Function to get WinRE version
function GetWinREVersion {

    $mountedPath = GetMountDir
    $filePath = "$mountedPath\Windows\System32\winpeshl.exe"

    $WinREVersion = (Get-Item $filePath).VersionInfo.FileVersionRaw.Revision

    return [int]$WinREVersion

}


# Main Execution

$WinREPath = GetWinREPath


# Make dir C:\mnt if not exists

$TempDir = GetMountDir


# Get the read write permission for this directory

if (-not (Test-Path $TempDir)) {

    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $TempDir -Force | Out-Null

}


# Mount WinRE image

dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"$WinREPath\winre.wim" /Index:1 /MountDir:"$TempDir"


$WinREVersion = GetWinREVersion

Write-Host "WinRE Version: $WinREVersion" -ForegroundColor Cyan

dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"$TempDir" /Discard

Remove-Item -Path $TempDir -Force -Recurse

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the following attributes. This update might contain files for additional languages.

File name

File version

Date

Time

File size

skci.dll

10.0.25398.640

13-Dec-24

3:48

336,232

bootmgfw.efi

10.0.25398.640

13-Dec-24

3:48

2,644,336

bootmgr.efi

10.0.25398.640

13-Dec-24

3:48

2,627,456

boot.stl

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

10,895

winsipolicy.p7b

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

10,341

winload.exe

10.0.25398.640

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,704,600

winload.efi

10.0.25398.640

13-Dec-24

3:48

2,967,456

BootMenuUX.dll

10.0.25398.1361

13-Dec-24

3:48

229,376

driversipolicy.p7b

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

150,679

ci.dll

10.0.25398.640

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,051,056

driver.stl

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

25,628

cmi2migxml.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

222,688

csiagent.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

714,208

diagER.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

95,712

hwcompat.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

239,088

hwcompat.txt

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

969,028

hwexclude.txt

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

51

icbexclusion.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

7,222

migapp.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

654,548

migcore.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

9,270,768

mighost.exe

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

284,032

migres.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

26,120

migisol.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

144,880

migstore.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,295,864

migsys.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

460,144

MXEAgent.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

386,432

AppExtAgent.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

484,848

offline.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

41,994

oscomps.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

449,323

oscomps.woa.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

249,101

osfilter.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

21,299

pnppropmig.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

103,912

ReserveManager.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

308,720

setupplatform.cfg

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

12,571

setupplatform.dll

1.80.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

9,209,352

setupplatform.exe

1.80.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

243,184

SFCN.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,824

SFLCID.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,644

SFLISTW7.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,703,368

SFLISTW8.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

2,608,858

SFLISTWB.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

3,172,904

SFLISTWT.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

4,935,402

sflistw8.woa.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

954,436

SFLISTRS1.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

5,593,182

sflistwb.woa.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,150,134

sflistwt.woa.dat

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

2,636,814

SFPAT.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

11,602

SFPATW7.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

17,396

SFPATW8.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

79,818

SFPATWB.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

91,635

SFPATWT.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

165,729

SFPATRS1.inf

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

169,730

unbcl.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,082,848

upgradeagent.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

3,306,976

upgradeagent.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

70,907

upgrade_comp.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

6,054

upgrade_bulk.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

211,085

upgrade_data.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

41,750

upgrade_frmwrk.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

18,785

upgWow_bulk.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

114,707

uninstall.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

4,639

uninstall_data.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

11,122

wdsutil.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

349,664

WinSetupMon.hiv

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

8,192

WinSetupMon.sys

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

132,608

diagtrack.dll

10.0.10586.0

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,365,856

diagtrackrunner.exe

10.0.10586.0

13-Dec-24

3:48

88,256

reagent.admx

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

1,240

reagent.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

603,632

reagent.xml

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

837

SetupPlatform.cfg

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

19,051

wdscore.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

275,952

wdsclientapi.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

267,784

wdscsl.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

79,336

wdsimage.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

124,560

wdstptc.dll

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

186,000

winpeshl.exe

10.0.25398.1361

13-Dec-24

3:48

53,248

wpeutil.dll

10.0.25398.1361

13-Dec-24

3:48

155,648

wpeutil.exe

10.0.25398.1361

13-Dec-24

3:48

36,864

wpeinit.exe

10.0.25398.1361

13-Dec-24

3:48

57,344

startnet.cmd

Not versioned

13-Dec-24

3:48

9

StartRep.exe

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

671,744

RecEnv.exe

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

411,008

BootRec.exe

10.0.25398.1180

13-Dec-24

3:48

184,320

References

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