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Create WinPe Automatically - Grayed out even though AIK/ADK is installed

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I am trying to have SD5 1660 create an WinPE image automatically but it is not detecting that I  have the windows 10 AIK/ADK installed. I have rebooted the server twice after the installation. 

 

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SD5 hasn't been updated in about 6 months.  It doesn't work with the very latest version of the Windows 10 ADK that was released with the Windows 10 anniversary update.  You need to remove that and install the Windows 10 ADK and use the Windows 10 ADK version 1511 instead.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-assessme…

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=823089

I have the same problem when trying to install bootable media for windows 10 but the "Next" button is disabled when the "bootable media type" is "Windows PE". I read this post where it is recommented to install version 1511 instead of the newer 1660 so I uninstalled the 1660 and then installed the 1511 version but the result is the same, same result after restarting the PC.

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Hello Raul,

Could you please try to install an earlier ADK version as described here.

Thank you,

ADK 1511 should work just fine - I have it on my test system and the server we use at work and it is detected and creates the WinPE correctly.  However, I would suggest that after removing the ADK from the server, that you restart it and don't launch the Acronis management console yet.  then install the ADK 1511 version (make sure you select the top 3 options - roughly 3.4Gb to install).  Once installed, reboot again and then launch the management console and attempt to create WinPE again.  

Double check to make sure that your control panel does show the 1511 ADK installed after this too (listed as 10.1.10586.0)

 

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Thanks Bobbo, your instructions worked perfectly, Create Automatically is working for me now with the build 1511 ADK and running build 1660 Snap.  I'm not messing with 1666 till it's out of beta.  That should be a year maybe.  Sigh.