X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.WINDOWS;h=952cbd85cf1ae239fbe2de95b1ec18074ae81d98;hp=a0521f023e394f4245e3af38a8ab40fec3cf4562;hb=6cc8db9fac4dcfdcd474ee49790a30a54b83c798;hpb=09301b8018e00f51ba96ba02adca676e817b8827 diff --git a/README.WINDOWS b/README.WINDOWS index a0521f02..952cbd85 100644 --- a/README.WINDOWS +++ b/README.WINDOWS @@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ Windows support currently has the following limitations: - It relies on the Cygwin UNIX-compatibility layer. You do not, however, need to have the Cygwin distribution installed to run it, as I have posted a ZIP - file on SourceForge that contains the build of wimlib along with the DLLs - needed for it to run. Please note that these DLLs are free and open source - software; see http://www.cygwin.com/ for more details. + file on SourceForge that contains the build of wimlib and "imagex" along with + the DLLs needed for it to run. Please note that these DLLs are free and open + source software; see http://www.cygwin.com/ for more details. -- Mounting WIM files is not supported. On Windows there is no equivalent of - FUSE, which I used to get mounting working on Linux and BSD, so I would have - to program a "Filesystem Filter" driver with Microsoft's eccentric API. +- Mounting WIM files is not supported. - wimlib's API is not compatible with Microsoft's WIMGAPI, although they offer some of the same functionality. -So to be clear: +So, in terms of the "imagex" program: "imagex capture", "imagex append", and "imagex apply" will work on Windows and have the added advantage of saving and restoring alternate data streams,