The problem is that many WinPE ISOs are actually designed to be extracted onto a USB drive and not actually booted from an ISO file. In some cases the WinPE startup files may look for the ISO on a drive (so it can mount it as drive Y:) but may not find it.
For instance the Ankh Tech WinPE ISOs an Easy2Boot USB drive may work OK if you legacy boot (and add a _.isope01 suffix to the filename) in legacy BIOS boot mode from the E2B menu system or if using the Ventoy menu, but if Legacy or UEFI booting to the agFM menu, the WinPE ISO may boot OK, but some Desktop and Start Menu items in WinPE may not run.
The simple solution is to use the Ventoy menu system to UEFI-boot these types of ISOs, but if you want to UEFI-boot the ISOs using agFM, here is what you can do:
1. UEFI64-boot to the agFM menu system
2. Select the WinPE ISO file and choose the .isodef boot option
3. Once booted to the WinPE Desktop, find the SAME ISO file using Explorer and right-click on the ISO file.
4. Choose the 'Mount as ImDisk Virtual Disk' option
5. Change the default drive letter to Y:
6. Click the OK button
Now the ISO will be mounted as Drive Y: and the links that reference drive Y: within WinPE (shortcuts, PStart menu, etc.) should now work.
You can name the file 'Ankh Tech xyz_.isope01.iso' so that it boots correctly in the E2B menu and Ventoy, but you will still need to use the above steps if booting using the agFM menu system.
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