How to examine the setupact.log file in a mounted WIM image

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If you need to troubleshoot how a WIM image was created, you can try examining its setupact.log file by performing the following steps:

1. Use the Dism /mount-wim command to mount the WIM file to an empty folder such as C:\mount

2. Use the command cd C:\mount\Windows\panther to open the Panther folder on the mounted Windows installation

3. Open the setupact.log file in the Panther folder using Notepad.

Mitch Tulloch is a eight-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award and widely recognized expert on Windows administration, deployment and virtualization. For more tips by Mitch you can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.

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Mitch Tulloch is Senior Editor of both WServerNews and FitITproNews and is a widely recognized expert on Windows Server and cloud technologies. He has written more than a thousand articles and has authored or been series editor for over 50 books for Microsoft Press and other publishers. Mitch has also been a twelve-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in the technical category of Cloud and Datacenter Management. He currently runs an IT content development business in Winnipeg, Canada.

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