WinBuilder

Scripts are the building blocks of Live CD compiled with Winbuilder, and are used to build the core components of the Live CD for adding applications, and for configuration of a specific project.

Scripts consist of a human-readable text file with the {{Not a typo|.script}} extension, and can contain Winbuilder scripting commands, the scripts graphical user interface, and sometimes encoded applications to be extracted when needed.

A Project is a collection of Winbuilder scripts maintained for building a complete Live CD. Each project contains multiple scripts, each responsible for adding features or applications to the build.

Users may build their own projects from scratch or use one of many projects actively developed by the boot-land community. Projects can be downloaded directly using Winbuilder's built-in download manager and used as-is or further customized to meet the individual's needs.

• [http://gena.cwcodes.net/ Gena] - The Gena project provides a basis for building a PE environment using Windows XP sources and is the successor to LiveXP
• [http://reboot.pro/14250/page__view__findpost__p__126427 nativeEx_multiPE] - Live CD/DVD / Live USB that can be built from either Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 x86 sources.
• [http://w7pese.cwcodes.net/ Win7PE SE] - The Win7PE SE project provides a basis for building a PE environment using Windows 7 or Windows Vista sources. A fork of Multi 7PEs.
• [http://w8pese.cwcodes.net/ Win8PE SE] - The Win8PE SE project provides a basis for building a PE environment using a Windows 8 source and supports both x86 and x64 architectures.
• [http://win81se.cwcodes.net/ Win8.1PE SE] - The Win8.1PE SE project provides a basis for building a PE environment using a Windows 8.1 source and supports both x86 and x64 architectures.
• [http://win10se.cwcodes.net/ Win10PE SE] - Live CD/DVD that can be built from Windows 10 sources and supports both x86 and x64 architectures.
• [https://github.com/MistyFromReboot/Mini-WinFE Mini-WinFE] - Forensically sound WinFE project for building a PE (FE) environment for data acquisition and/or analysis in digital forensic matters.

• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080116032502/http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2755 BartPEcore]}} - running bartPE inside a Winbuilder environment
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101111053528/http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11904 BB-7PE]}} - A Windows 7 based Rescue focused PE using bbLean as its shell.
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020172416/http://boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=52 LiveXP]}} - Based on nativeEx, contains a large archive of programs targeted for computer repair and administration
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100906144822/http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9722 Multi 7PEs]}} (formally Win7PE) - Live CD/DVD that can be built from either Windows 7 or Windows Vista sources
• {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130221084314/http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=122 MultiPE Leopard]}} - Live CD/DVD that can be built from either Windows 7 or Windows Vista sources.
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100702195946/http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=83 NativeEx]}} - Small sized Windows XP PE boot disk (~50Mb)
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081023100249/http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3866 NaughtyPE]}} - Windows XP PE boot disk with sound support and other multimedia features.
• [http://reboot.pro/files/file/27-picoxp/ PicoXP] - Minimalistic 14 MB boot disk based on XP
• [http://reboot.pro/files/file/29-uxp/ UXP ] - Based On Windows XP for making a multiboot CD/DVD which includes The LiveXP and WinRoot (also for customization of the CD/DVD there are other apps used such as Nlite, etc.)
• [http://reboot.pro/forum/51-vistape/ VistaPE] - Based on Windows PE 2.0 (included on Windows Vista DVD and WAIK)
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100616182527/http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8462 VistaPE CAPI]}} - Based on [http://www.vistape.net/ VistaPE] VistaPE CAPI provides bugfixes and enhancements to the original project and support for newer Winbuilder versions.
• [http://reboot.pro/files/file/31-win7rescuepe/ Win7RescuePE] - Live CD/DVD based on Windows 7

All of these projects are developed and distributed freely and aim to provide an alternative to other popular Live CD distributions based on Linux such as Knoppix, Slax, Damn Small Linux, which are known for their use in rescue or administrative actions on PCs.

Use of the software to build various customized boot disks has been covered in articles from PC Quest,Anindya Roy, (February 01, 2008) [http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/handson/2008/108020101.asp Live Vista], PC Quest PC-Welt{{in lang|de}} Christian Löbering, (10 Dec 2009) [http://www.pcwelt.de/start/software_os/windows/praxis/196912/der_usb_stick_als_notfallsystem/index.html Der USB-Stick als Notfallsystem] (The USB flash drive as a backup system), PC-Welt, also [http://digitalewelt.freenet.de/softwareos/windows/der-usbstick-als-notfallsystem-_531024_275572.html appeared] in freenet (the German edition of PC World, which also offers some customized scripts for building disk images including additional utilities, branded as pcwVistaPE[http://pcwelt-praxis.de/dokumentation/anleitungen/pcwvistape-vista-als-zweitsystem] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210024221/http://pcwelt-praxis.de/dokumentation/anleitungen/pcwvistape-vista-als-zweitsystem|date=February 10, 2010}} and pcwWin7PE[http://pcwelt-praxis.de/dokumentation/anleitungen/pcwwin7pe-schritt-fuer-schritt-zum-winpe-rettungssystem] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208215917/http://pcwelt-praxis.de/dokumentation/anleitungen/pcwwin7pe-schritt-fuer-schritt-zum-winpe-rettungssystem|date=February 8, 2010}}), the Russian edition of CHIP,{{in lang|ru}} Максим Амелин (August 2007) [http://chip-online.ru/archive/docs/upload/036049_01.pdf Windows PE: Vista, которая всегда с тобой] (Vista, which is always with you), CHIP, pp. 38–42 and by TeraByte Unlimited.[http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/win7pe_tutorial.htm Creating a Win7RescuePE Boot Disc Containing Image for Windows] and [http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/vistape_tutorial.htm Creating a VistaPE Boot Disc Containing Image for Windows], TeraByte Unlimited How-To Guides

CNET editor's review found that "WinBuilder is one of the most easy-to-use boot disk creation tools in the genre," and praised it for its "novice-friendly interface", but at the same time warned that the "program expects experienced users. For the most part, boot disk applications are for experts only." The built-in Download Center was remarked because it "simplifies procuring the boot disk applications." Other features praised were "its small size, fair memory overhead, simple instructions, and robust application installation wizards."CNET Staff, (December 25, 2007) [http://download.cnet.com/WinBuilder/3000-2094_4-10788498.html WinBuilder 074 CNET editors' review], CNET

• BartPE
• Windows Preinstallation Environment
• List of Microsoft Windows components#Core components
• List of Microsoft Windows components
• nLite and vLite
• Scripting
• Windows To Go

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• Menno Schoone, [http://www.optimizingpc.com/miscellaneous/manual_vistape.html VistaPE: manual for a Windows Vista based PE], OptimizingPC
• {{in lang|de}} Sascha Mölck, [http://www.computerwissen.de/uploads/media/COM_2008_02_N059.pdf Notfall-CD 2008 für Windows XP/Vista], pp. 41–44, ComputerWissen.de N 059/01
• {{in lang|es}} Xavier Cardona Peris, Sistemas Operativos Monopuesto, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=V5Ji-hk5McAC&dq=%22WinBuilder%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA102 102–103] {{ISBN|84-9916-269-X}}

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• {{Official website|http://winbuilder.net}}
• [http://reboot.pro/forum/22-winbuilder/ Official forum]
• [http://code.google.com/p/winbuilder/wiki/wbwelcome Winbuilder Documentation]
• [http://wb.paraglidernc.com/Help/ Additional documentation by Paraglider]
• [http://www.slideshare.net/nunobrito/explaining-the-winbuilder-framework Paper explaining in detail the scripting framework of WinBuilder]

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