X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.WINDOWS;h=84402e3b7f75dd80cd23bbc57933ed4cf1b9d0e0;hp=93c20ddb75bff73fdf5733edb3c7f37bbc319225;hb=56f881eba91349abe40dd250ecbf08310cb88ce8;hpb=9bec19341aac9190cd0bd80a6937b02d923dd566 diff --git a/README.WINDOWS b/README.WINDOWS index 93c20ddb..84402e3b 100644 --- a/README.WINDOWS +++ b/README.WINDOWS @@ -32,16 +32,10 @@ ZIP file containing the following items: WIMLIB-IMAGEX wimlib-imagex provides most features of Microsoft's ImageX, plus additional -features. First, the main limitations of wimlib-imagex compared to Microsoft's -ImageX are the following: - - * Mounting images from a WIM file is not supported on Windows. - - * The LZX ("maximum") compression ratio is several percent worse than - Microsoft's implementation. - -However, wimlib-imagex provides a number of advantages compared to Microsoft's -ImageX, including but not limited to the following: +features. Perhaps the main limitation is that mounting images from a WIM file +is not supported on Windows. However, wimlib-imagex provides a number of +advantages compared to Microsoft's ImageX, including but not limited to the +following: * wimlib-imagex provides "extract" and "update" commands that can be used to work around the lack of mount support. These commands are very fast @@ -63,13 +57,20 @@ ImageX, including but not limited to the following: uncompressed files in compressed directories, or files with alternate data streams and multiple hard links. + * wimlib-imagex also supports ESD (.esd) files, except when encrypted. (These + use a newer version of the WIM file format.) + * wimlib and wimlib-imagex are free software, so you can modify and/or audit the source code. ADDITIONAL NOTES -Currently there is no graphical user interface available for wimlib or -wimlib-imagex. It's recommended to use wimlib-imagex in scripts to avoid having -to interactively enter commands. However, note that wimlib-imagex is largely -just a command-line front-end for wimlib, and it's possible to use wimlib's API -in other front-ends or applications. +It's recommended to use wimlib-imagex in scripts to avoid having to +interactively enter commands. However, note that wimlib-imagex is largely just +a command-line front-end for wimlib, and it's possible to use wimlib's API in +other front-ends or applications. Currently there is no official graphical user +interface available for wimlib or wimlib-imagex. An unofficial Windows-only +graphical user interface that provides a thin wrapper around wimlib-imagex can +be downloaded at +http://reboot.pro/files/file/485-wimlib-imagex-command-line-compiler/; however, +as of 2014-03-23 it is still under development and is only released for testing.