Create NoPrompt Windows* Installation ISO Image

NoPrompt Windows Installation ISO is required for automation. The generation of NoPrompt installation iso requires the use of a Windows machine with Windows ADK installed.

1. Download and install Windows ADK and Windows PE add-on for ADK on the Windows machine according to the version of Windows installation iso to be used. Take note of the ADK installation destination path for later use.

Table 8. Windows ADK and Windows PE add-on for different Windows versions

2. Download [Win10/Win11] .iso from Microsoft website. Create C:\ISO\ folder and copy .iso file into it.
3. Download the Create-NoPromptISO.ps1 script from here.
4. Edit WinPE_​InputISOfile, WinPE_​OutputISOfile and ADK_​Path variables in Create-NoPromptISO.ps1 script as below:
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$WinPE_InputISOfile = "“C:\ISO\<downloaded Win10/Win11 iso file>”
$WinPE_OutputISOfile = "C:\ISO\<windows10NoPrompt.iso/ windows11NoPrompt.iso >"

$ADK_Path = "<ADK installation path>"

5. Open a PowerShell terminal in a Windows machine and run Create-NoPromptISO.ps1 script.

$ cd <Create-NoPromptISO.ps1 location>
$ .\Create-NoPromptISO.ps1


Note: If you see Create-NoPromptISO.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system error, run the following command in PowerShell prior to running Create-NoPromptISO.ps1.


$ Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

6. Output file (windowsNoPrompt.iso) will be generated at path C:\ISO\. This can be used for all subsequent Windows unattended installations.
7. Copy the windows10NoPrompt.iso or windows11NoPrompt.iso to Ubuntu host at the path of ~/idv_​setup/scripts/guest_​setup/ folder.