I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 with MDT 2012, I installed the Windows 8 ADK before installing MDT 2012. I have created my Deployment Share and set everything up, but when I try to run the build it fails. I have included the error log bellow;
FindFile: The file imagex.exe could not be found in any standard locations. LTIApply 01/06/2015 09:54:30 0 (0x0000) FAILURE ( 5441 ): 1: FindFile: imagex.exe LTIApply 01/06/2015 09:54:30 0 (0x0000) Command completed, return code = -2147467259 LiteTouch 01/06/2015 09:54:30 0 (0x0000) Litetouch deployment failed, Return Code = -2147467259 0x80004005 LiteTouch 01/06/2015 09:54:30 0 (0x0000) For more information, consult the task sequencer log ...\SMSTS.LOG. LiteTouch 01/06/2015 09:54:30 0 (0x0000)
I see that it is unable to find the 'imagex.exe' file, where should this be located, and can I copy the file to the directory?
Any ideas?
Kind Regards,
Copy imagex.exe and wimgapi.dll (this may be optional, but I would still copy it) from the installation of ADK to the Tools\x86 and Tools\x64 directories in your deployment share.
For example (using 8.1 ADK instead of 8 ADK, folder names may be slightly different) the default installation on Server 2012 R2 would be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kit\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\DISM" for the 64-bit imagex.exe and wimgapi.dll files. And "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kit\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\x86\DISM" for the 32-bit imagex.exe and wimgapi.dll files.
These files would be copied to the appropriate folders in C:\DeploymentShare\Tools\x64 and C:\DeploymentShare\Tools\x86.
This should resolve your problem. For whatever reason, MDT sometimes does not place all the needed files into the Tools folder when you create a deployment share.