---
name: "wiminfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "wimlib"
version: "1.14.5-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wiminfo"
---

# wiminfo(1)

Display or change information about a WIM file or image

## NAME

wiminfo - Display or change information about a WIM file or image

## SYNOPSIS

**wiminfo** *WIMFILE* \[*IMAGE* \[*NEW\_NAME* \[*NEW\_DESC*\]\]\] \[*OPTION*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**wiminfo**, or equivalently **wimlib-imagex info**, displays information about *WIMFILE* or the specified *IMAGE* in it, and optionally changes properties of *IMAGE* such as its name and description, or changes the bootable image of the WIM.

If neither an image nor any flags other than **--check** are specified, then basic information about the WIM and the images contained in it is shown.  If an image is specified by *IMAGE* (as a 1-based image index or an image name), then the information is restricted to that concerning the specified image.

Changes to the WIM are made if *NEW\_NAME* and/or **--boot** and/or **--image-property** are specified.  *NEW\_NAME* is taken to be the new name of the image specified by *IMAGE* while *NEW\_DESC* is taken to be its new description.  If *NEW\_DESC* is not specified, then the image's description is not changed.

**wiminfo** does not support modifying a split WIM, although you may display information about one, including any of its parts.

## OPTIONS

- **--boot**

  Mark the specified *IMAGE* as the "bootable" image of the WIM.  The "bootable" image is the image which the Windows bootloader will use when loading Windows PE from the WIM.

- **--check**

  Verify the integrity of WIM if it contains extra integrity information.  In addition, if modifying the WIM, add extra integrity information if it was not present before.

- **--nocheck**

  If modifying the WIM, remove its extra integrity information, if it had any.

- **--include-integrity**

  If modifying the WIM, add extra integrity information if it was not present before, i.e. like **--check** but don't also do the verification beforehand.

- **--image-property** *NAME*=*VALUE*

  Assign an arbitrary property to the specified *IMAGE* in the XML document of the WIM.  *NAME* is an element path such as "WINDOWS/VERSION/MAJOR", and *VALUE* is the string to place in the element, such as "10".  See the documentation for this option to [**wimcapture**(1)](/wimcapture/1.md) for more details.  This option may be specified multiple times.

- **--header**

  Show detailed information from the WIM header.

- **--blobs**

  List all the "blobs" (unique file data) in the WIM.

- **--extract-xml**=*FILE*

  Extract the WIM's raw XML document to *FILE*.

- **--xml**

  Extract the WIM's raw XML document to standard output.

## SEE ALSO

[**wimlib-imagex**(1)](/wimlib-imagex/1.md) [**wimdir**(1)](/wimdir/1.md)