PathAndCredentials (microsoft-windows-pnpcustomizationswinpe-driverpaths-pathandcredentials)

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03/18/2021

PathAndCredentials is a list item type and specifies the local or Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to an additional location for out-of-box device drivers and, optionally, the credentials used to access that path.

Child Elements

Setting	Description
Credentials	Specifies the credentials used to access the path specified by the Path. (Optional)
Key	Specifies a unique string identifier for the driver path.
Path	Specifies a local or UNC path that contains additional out-of-box device drivers that you copy to the Windows image.

Valid Configuration Passes

windowsPE

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE | DriverPaths | PathAndCredentials

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE.

XML Example

The following XML output specifies the UNC paths to two additional locations for device drivers and the credentials used to access those paths.

<DriverPaths>
<!-- First PathAndCredentials list item -->
   <PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">
      <Path>\\myFirstDriverPath\DriversFolder</Path>
      <Credentials>
         <Domain>MyDomain</Domain>
         <Username>MyUsername</Username>
         <Password>MyPassword</Password>
      </Credentials>
   </PathAndCredentials>
<!-- Second PathAndCredentials list item -->
   <PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="2">
      <Path>C:\Drivers</Path>
      <Credentials>
         <Domain>MyComputerName</Domain>
         <Username>MyUsername</Username>
         <Password>MyPassword</Password>
      </Credentials>
   </PathAndCredentials>
</DriverPaths>

DriverPaths