Windows 10 ADK Installation Step by Step

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Starting with Windows 10 version 1809, Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) is released separately from the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). To add Windows PE to your ADK installation, download the Windows PE AddOn and run the included installer after installing the ADK.

Install ADK on SCCM Server
  • Launch adksetup.exe with admin privileges.
  • Set default ADK installation path.

  • Select “No” on the next page and proceed “Next”
  • Accept the EULA on the next page.
  • Select the following features and click on Install.

  • Once the installation is completed, launch the exe setup with Admin rights.
  • Keep default ADK installation path on “Specify Location” page.
  • Select “No” on the next page and proceed “Next”
  • Accept the EULA on the next page.
  • On the Feature page, select “Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE)” and click on install.

  • After the installation is completed, we can verify the ADK installation and version in control panel.

Windows 10 ADK Installation logs: We can verify & troubleshoot Windows ADK and Windows PE Add-on installation issues through logs located at C:\Users\UserProfle\AppData\Local\Temp\adk & C:\Users\UserProfle\AppData\Local\Temp\adkwinpeaddons. It will have logs for each feature installation.

Log entries from “Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit Windows Preinstallation Environment Add-ons___Windows_10_20190706233625.log”

 [0B44:06B8][2019-07-06T23:41:43]i410: Variable: WixBundleRollbackLog_package_WindowsPEx86x64wims_x86_en_us = C:\Users\tausif\AppData\Local\Temp\adkwinpeaddons\Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit Windows Preinstallation Environment Add-ons___Windows_10_20190706233625_001_package_WindowsPEx86x64wims_x86_en_us_rollback.log

[0B44:06B8][2019-07-06T23:41:43]i410: Variable: WixBundleSourceProcessFolder = E:\ADK 1903\

[0B44:06B8][2019-07-06T23:41:43]i410: Variable: WixBundleSourceProcessPath = E:\ADK 1903\adkwinpesetup.exe

[0B44:06B8][2019-07-06T23:41:43]i410: Variable: WixBundleTag =

[0B44:06B8][2019-07-06T23:41:43]i410: Variable: WixBundleUILevel = 4

[0B44:06B8][2019-07-06T23:41:43]i410: Variable: WixBundleVersion = 10.1.18362.1

[0B44:06B8][2019-07-06T23:41:43]i007: Exit code: 0x0, restarting: No

That’s all with ADK installation.

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