Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers
Downloads and expands WinPE driver packages into the OSDeployCore library.
Module
OSDeploy
Platform
Windows 11 (amd64 / arm64)
Requires
PowerShell 7.6, Administrator rights, curl.exe, internet access, valid license
Output
System.IO.FileInfo
Description
Refreshes the requested catalog sources, resolves the matching WinPE driver packages, and downloads and expands the selected packages to $env:ProgramData\OSDeployCore.
All matching packages are processed automatically without prompting. Use -Name to limit the refresh to one or more specific sources, -SkipWifiDrivers to exclude wireless packages, and -DownloadOnly to cache files without expanding them.
Wi-Fi driver sources are excluded automatically when no imported OS sources are present — ADK WinPE does not support wireless hardware, so Wi-Fi drivers are only needed when a WinRE-based boot image will be built.
After downloading, drivers are injected into WinPE at build time by Build-OSDeployBoot.
Syntax
Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Force] [-SkipWifiDrivers] [-DownloadOnly] [[-Architecture] <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]Parameters
-Name
String[]
No
One or more source names to refresh and process. When omitted, all configured sources are refreshed.
-Force
Switch
No
Re-downloads driver packages even when a matching cached file already exists.
-SkipWifiDrivers
Switch
No
Excludes Wi-Fi driver packages (intel-wifi, microsoft-windows-wifi). Enforced automatically when no imported OS sources exist.
-DownloadOnly
Switch
No
Downloads packages to the cache without expanding them. No package.json metadata is written.
-Architecture
String
No
Limits driver downloads to a single architecture: amd64 or arm64. When omitted, all architectures are processed.
-WhatIf
Switch
No
Preview the combined catalog refresh and package processing operation. Discovery can still contact vendor endpoints.
-Confirm
Switch
No
Confirm the combined catalog refresh and package processing operation.
Examples
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