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* Local account is created with the same name as the current user along with an *empty* password (which we force the user to change on next logon). This is done to assuage users who might be weary of entering a password in a third party application, and has the benefit of enabling autologon when the install is complete. * Note that the creation of a local account through an answer file prevents Windows 11 22H2 from bugging users about MSA *even with an active network connection*. * For convenience reasons, only duplication of the current username is enabled. We *may* add a dialog to enter any random username in a future version, but for 3.20, this is all you get. * Likewise, the locale duplication is only carried out during OOBE and *not* WinPE (which means that you still get the initial "Windows setup language and user preferences" prompt). This is intentional as otherwise the default screen and "Repair Windows" options are not presented. * It's not my fault that the Windows password change screen is super ill conceived, whereas it doesn't hide the current password field as it should when the current password is blank, and one needs to click on a very small arrow to get the changes applied, instead of a PROMINENT button that should intuitively have been positioned right next to "Cancel". * If you want to complain that we should just "present the user with XYZ and be done with it", please bear in mind that we can't add new dialogs to Rufus as willy-nilly as you believe we can. *ANY* new UI interface requires major planning, which is the reason why, for the time being, we are limited to reusing a simple dissociated list of checkboxes for all WUE options. |
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README.md
Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives.
Features
- Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS/ext2/ext3
- Create DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS (Windows 8.1 or earlier)
- Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including UEFI bootable NTFS
- Create bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
- Create bootable drives from bootable disk images, including compressed ones
- Create Windows 11 installation drives for PCs that don't have TPM
- Create Windows To Go drives
- Create persistent Linux partitions
- Create VHD/DD images of a drive
- Compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums of the selected image
- Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives
- Download official Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 retail ISOs
- Download UEFI Shell ISOs
- Modern and familiar UI, with 38 languages natively supported
- Small footprint. No installation required.
- Portable. Secure Boot compatible.
- 100% Free Software (GPL v3)
Compilation
Use either Visual Studio 2022 or MinGW and then invoke the .sln or configure/make respectively.
Visual Studio
Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project. You are entitled to download and use the freely available Visual Studio Community Edition to build, run or develop for Rufus. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license, this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user.
Additional information
Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through its easily accessible log, or through the Windows debug facility.
Enhancements/Bugs
Please use the GitHub issue tracker for reporting problems or suggesting new features.