By following these steps and using the right tools, you can effectively open and manage WIM files on Windows 10, ensuring smooth system deployments and troubleshooting.

Windows Features On Demand are additional feature options available through Windows Update. Learn how to download & install FOD.

I am capturing the wim file using DISM both through the command line and with DISM GUI. Both options create a wim file that works through a clean install.

Downloaded Windows Automated Installer Kit (WAIK) for Vista so that I could use ImageX.exe to extract a file from a 2.5GB WIM file. (Windows Image File) Apparently WIM is the new hotness and CAB ...