Add Custom Files and Folders Using Image Configuration Editor and the $OEM$ Folders

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3/21/2011

You install the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit on a development computer so that you can use tools to develop, build, deploy, and service an image.

For information about packages, see Packages. For information about Image Configuration Editor (ICE), see Image Configuration Editor User Interface.

Hardware and Software Assumptions

You have installed the Standard 7 Toolkit on a development computer that meets the Requirements for a Development Computer.

Procedures

There is more than one method you can use to add custom files and folders to an answer file. However, the following procedure is the most efficient method, as well as being the least vulnerable to user errors.

To add custom files and folders using Image Configuration Editor (ICE) and the $OEM$ folders
  1. Create an $OEM$ folder by doing the following:
    1. In the Distribution Share pane in ICE, right-click the distribution-share path, and then click Explore Distribution Share.
    2. Navigate to the $OEM$ Folders directory, and then add a new subfolder called "Custom Files".
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      You can give this first subfolder any name you like.
    3. Under Custom Files, add a new subfolder called "$OEM$".
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      You must name this subfolder "$OEM$", including the $ characters, as shown in this example.
    4. In the $OEM$ folder you just created, add additional subfolders and files as necessary. For example, to deliver the file "MyCustomExecutable.exe" to the root of the install partition, the full path should be as follows:"..\DS\$OEM$ Folders\Custom Files\$OEM$\$1\MyCustomExecutable.exe"
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      For more information about $OEM$ folders, see the $OEM$ Folders section of Distribution Shares in Windows Embedded Standard 7.
  2. Add the $OEM$ folder to an answer file by doing the following:
    1. In the Distribution Share pane in ICE, expand the $OEM$ Folders node.
    2. Right-click the Custom Files folder, and click Insert Oem Folders Path.

See Also

Concepts

Image Configuration Editor User Interface