PLe Update 9/7/2021 20H2 - Wireless Profiles, Wallpaper of The Day, .NET, PowerShell, Customizations, 2GB System Partition

Patrick's Live environment or PLe is a Windows 10 x64-based recovery tool that works on a large variety of devices. The newest stable is built on 20H2. The built-in drivers allows it to have a lot of functionality on many devices without creating a large image. I've designed it to boot quick, and be functional. Based on the works of the Win10PE SE project from TheOven.org.

The WIM file itself is now 597MB, which means pretty fast boot times, even on older devices when compared to other bootable environments. Nearly everything is stored externally within folders on the USB drive (an additional 2GB of storage required) This, combined with the new customizations means that you can customize PLe the way you need. Desktop shortcuts, applications, startup applications, and wallpapers can be added without modification to the base image. Compatible with new hardware including NVMe drives, also compatible with legacy and UEFI booting

PLe includes various improvements to customization scripts. Efficient code for random wallpapers and added ability to use custom wallpapers, Desktop shortcuts/files, and Drivers from the USB drive "Customize" folder. Now it includes the ability to create automatic custom wireless profiles.

The Customize folder has five sections.

Desktop

Any files you drop into this folder will become part of the desktop at boot. Folders do not work by design. You can place shortcuts to folders. The only non-removable files are "This PC" and "Recycle Bin". The rest are located at the Customize folder of the USB drive. 

Persistent desktop option coming soon.

Drivers

Double Driver (included) can be used to capture drivers if needed.

This is handy especially if you have a variety of equipment that need specific drivers (i.e. ethernet, wifi, touchpad, USB, Chipsets, Graphics). Simply create a folder and name it the SKU or Model of the device you are wanting to use it on. The SKU and Model can be found on the desktop wallpaper background (thanks BGInfo), you can copy the registry key:

HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS\SystemSKU

HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS\systemproductname

Drivers will be installed recursively, so you can organize them how you see fit. I have also included shortcuts in the Driver folder as well as the desktop if you want to manually install drivers. Keeping drivers external allows for easy updating, use on multiple types of hardware, and keeps the base image small for quick booting. You can still use PLe while it is installing drivers

Scripts

There are several scripts that I have written to add functionality to PLe. These scripts are included in this folder. Most of them already have shortcuts on the desktop (can be removed). Namely, you can add Microsoft .NET, and Windows PowerShell (mostly working).

Keeping these external helps keep the base image small.

Startup

You can now place shortcuts in the Startup folder to have them auto-launch at boot. Including scripts and executables. By default, CoreTemp and BGInfo are already placed inside. Meaning you can delete those shortcuts if you would like.

If you would like to automatically connect to a wireless network--Run the "Create Automatic Wireless Profile", then create a shortcut for the bat file and place shortcut in the startup folder.

Wallpaper

Drop any JPG images into the Wallpaper folder to set a custom background at boot. Multiple images can be put into directory and they will be randomly selected at boot.

This version of PLe also includes Wallpaper of The Day, which will automatically download new wallpapers from Bing's image of the day. It will automatically maintain up to three images organized by date. Meaning it will delete images if they are older than three days during an update. You can preserve images by (A) renaming them or (B) copying them to another folder.

Wireless Profiles

PLe now has the ability to create automatic wireless profiles. The program will create a batch file to auto-connect to the wireless network of your choice. Simply create a shortcut to the batch file and place on desktop to quickly connect to the network. You can also place the shortcut into the startup folder to automatically connect at boot.

Features:

Based on WinRE (Windows 10 20H2)

2GB Main Partition (X:\) because of huge driver packages it's handy

DISM capable from Start Menu (External Program)

.NET Capable

Windows PowerShell Capable

Aida64 Engineer

Victoria (With support for NVMe drives)

Core Temp (at boot for easy Thermal management)

Portable Apps Launcher

Customizable Desktop Shortcuts, Wallpaper, Drivers, Startup Applications

Load drivers into Customize folder for automatic loading at boot without modifying base image

Recommended Hardware:

At least 4GB of RAM

PLe is made for speed. I fully recommend putting this onto a USB 3 or USB 3.1 flash drive. Use USB 3.0 ports on your devices for quick boot times. I usually see 45 Seconds to fully loaded desktop on a Laptop with NVME. 

Download

Download Entire Project from Google Drive (2.51GB)

Upgrade your WIM File Only Google Drive (597MB) (Does not change Customizations, Probably)