Using the convert-RiprepImage Command.; 2 minutes to read Contributors. In this article. Converts an existing Remote Installation Preparation (RIPrep) image to Windows Image (.wim) format. Path: c: windows servicepackfilesi386 iprep.exe. Is it safe to have riprep.exe file on your PC: This file is SAFE What did other users said about riprep.exe file? Valuejet 1614 driver. Total users ( 23), 15 says I will keep this file, and 8 says I will remove it from my computer.

Well, that didn't solve the problem. I keep getting a bunch of groveler errors in my event log. I first get an ESENT error (ID: 623) saying grovel (5264) The version store for this instance (0) has reached its maximum size of 2Mb. It is likely that a long-running transaction is preventing cleanup of the version store and causing it to build up in size. Updates will be rejected until the long-running transaction has been completely committed or rolled back.

Possible long-running transaction: SessionId: 0x00FB0280 Session-context: 0x00000000 Session-context ThreadId: 0x00000F10 Cleanup: 1 And then I get a Groveler error (ID: 12292) saying The groveler on partition d: has failed due to a database error. See ESENT event log entries for details.

After that, according to the event log, the server tries to restart the groveler every hour without success. Any idea what is the problem? I used the following method to resolve the issue. After the image is riprep'ed and in the riprep'ed image folder that was created and reported the reparse notification I created a folder in: RemoteInstall Setup English Images Riprep_dir_name I386 Mirror1 UserData Winnt called RISupds.

That folder contains an $OEM$ sub folder. In the $OEM$ folder I placed 3 files: cmdlines.txt Linkit.cmd linkd.exe linkd.exe is from the Win2003 server resource kit. In the riprep.sif file, under the '[unattended]' section it must contain at least the following: [unattended] OemPreinstall = yes InstallFilesPath = 'c: winnt RISupds' The cmdlines.txt would be: [Command] 'c: winnt RISupds $OEM$ Linkit.cmd' The Linkit.cmd file would contain (all on one line): start /w c: winnt lRISupds $OEM$ linkd.exe c: winnt assembly gac_32 system.enterpriseservices 2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a C: WINNT WinSxS x86_System.EnterpriseServices_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_2.0.0.0_x-ww_7d5f3790 Now your reparse point that you need to recreate may be different, I need this for.NET Framework 2.0.

You can change the paths, folder names, try variables as you like except the $OEM$ folder is required and the cmdlines.txt in that folder also. And the 'InstallFilesPath' is required to point to the parent folder of $OEM$. Good Luck and I hope I didn't miss anything here, Duil. For those who aren't familar with reparse points you can of course do a web search, but if all you care about is verifying your procedure worked you need to check it by doing a directory listing ('dir') at a command prompt. You cannot see it in Explorer. It will appear as a junction as in my example below. Directory of C: WINNT assembly GAC_32 System.EnterpriseServices 12:42 PM.

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