Selecting Windows 11 Pro during a clean installation (USB Stick)

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For Windows 10 Pro I used a new ei.cfg file placed in the “Sources” folder for Windows 10 media installation on a USB stick.  This would all me to select the version (Pro/Home…etc.).  Now that doesn’t work for Windows 11.

Does anyone know the new ei.efg file for Windows 11 that will allow to select Pro for the installation?

 

Mike

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Mike wrote:

Does anyone know the new ei.efg file for Windows 11 that will allow to select Pro for the installation?

Looked it up. https://www.reddit.com/r/Operatingsystems/comments/1fy2ae0/new_24h2_windows_os_installer_wont_let_you_choose/

ETA: In case this does not work, here is a search for 23H2.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/does-eicfg-still-work-with-canary-build-26080-and/7c21cc59-c190-43e8-878f-6bb49e106295

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I do appreciate the links, but here’s certainly no consensus.  I had searched for the same and got the same….and many solutions that didn’t work.  I was hoping someone here had recently done a clean install using Win11 23h2 (recommended version).

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Mike,

I’m out on the high seas so I can’t test this, but if you download the iso selecting the “for another computer” option it should, I believe, ask for version to install.

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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I just did an install on the new workstation I built.  Downloaded the ISO from the MSFT site and prepared the USB stick with Rufus as I did not want Bitlocker enabled. as @RetiredGeek notes, you are asked for the version that you want to install.  My existing key is linked to the Microsoft account and was easily transferred over to the new PC.

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