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Recovery Drive

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Applies to:
✅ Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024
✅ Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (19044.1741 or later)

Package Description

Package: Microsoft-Windows-RecoveryDrive
Create a recovery drive user experience invoked from Control Panel - Recovery.

Important

This feature is only supported on the Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC edition. If you choose to remove any of this package from Windows IoT Enterprise, you must ensure that your solution does not rely on functionality of the removed package. You cannot restore the package without a full reinstall of Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC.
For more information, see Removable Packages System Requirements.

Package Removal

  1. To remove a specific package from the image type:

    Dism.exe /Online /NoRestart /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Microsoft-Windows-RecoveryDrive /PackageName:@Package

    To remove a package from an offline image mounted at c:\offline type:

    Dism.exe /Image:c:\offline  /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Microsoft-Windows-RecoveryDrive /PackageName:@Package

  2. Optional: Use DISM /GetFeatureInfo to get the status of a removable package type:

    Dism.exe /Online /Get-FeatureInfo /FeatureName:Microsoft-Windows-RecoveryDrive /PackageName:@Package

Package Details

Package Size

Release x64 ARM64
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 473 KB 451 KB
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 1.041 KB

File List

File Name Installed Location
recoverydrive.lnk %programdata%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\administrative tools\recoverydrive.lnk
recovery.dll %windir%\system32\recovery.dll
recoverydrive.exe %windir%\system32\recoverydrive.exe
windlp.dll %windir%\system32\windlp.dll

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