Create a Configuration File in Image Configuration Editor (Standard 8)

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7/8/2014

Learn how to create your Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) configuration file by using Image Configuration Editor (ICE).

You create a configuration file in Image Configuration Editor (ICE) to capture the specifications for an image you are developing. Later, you use the configuration file to build the image to your specifications. ICE captures the features, drivers, languages and other settings that you select during image development into the configuration file.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed Windows Embedded 8 Standard Toolkit (Standard 8 Toolkit) on a development computer.

To create a configuration file in Image Configuration Editor

  1. On your development computer, in ICE, if the default catalog is not open or you wish to select a different catalog, on the File menu, click Select Catalog.

  2. In the Select a Catalog window, navigate to your catalog and click Open.

    The default location for the catalog is %systemdrive%\Windows Embedded Catalog.

  3. On the File menu, click New Configuration File.

  4. In the New Configuration File window, do the following:

    1. Enter a name for your new configuration file.
    2. Select the applicable OS Architecture for your configuration file.
    3. Select the desired OS Version for your configuration file.
    4. Click Create.

    The configuration file opens, and in the Configuration File pane, you see the Embedded Core module is already included in the configuration file.

Note

Image Configuration Editor (ICE) automatically adds the Embedded Core to every new configuration file. Embedded Core contains the essential, basic functionality required in every image.

To add a module to a configuration file in Image Configuration Editor

  1. In ICE, in the Catalog pane, browse to the module you want to add.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Right-click the module and then select Add to Configuration File.
    • Drag the module from the Catalog pane to the Configuration File pane.

To configure a setting in a configuration file in Image Configuration Editor

  1. In ICE, in the Configuration File pane, select the module that contains the setting to edit.

  2. In the Properties pane, under Settings, in the Filter view by box, select the configuration pass that contains the setting to edit.

  3. In the Properties pane, under Settings, double-click the setting to edit and change the value.

See Also

Tasks

Configure a Configuration File to be Unattended

Concepts

Image Configuration Editor (ICE) User Interface

Other Resources

Build Images
Begin an Installation with a Configuration File