Keyboard Shortcuts in WinPE

All actions on the EASYDEPLOY interface have keyboard shortcuts. You can use the on-screen buttons or press the corresponding hotkey.

1. OS Deployment Flows

Shortcut	Function
1 / NumPad1	Launch Vanilla flow (SETUP WINDOWS [DEFAULT]) — Deploy a clean default Windows image (no profile applied)
2 / NumPad2	Launch Business flow (SETUP WINDOWS [BUSINESS]) — Deploy Windows with enterprise configuration (with profile)
F3	Launch Express install flow (F3) — Only available when "enableF3Express": true is set in user-config.json

2. System Rescue Tools

Shortcut	UI Button	Tool / Function
F1	—	Launch BitLocker tool — Unlock and access encrypted partitions in WinPE
F2	—	Launch WiFi configuration — Set up wireless network connection in WinPE
F4	—	Open Notepad text editor
F5	—	Open Diskpart disk partitioning tool (CLI)
F6	—	Open PowerShell command-line environment (CLI)
F7	DISK BACKUP	Launch MultiDrive partition backup and restore tool
F8	FILE EXPLORER	Launch Explorer++ file manager for data rescue
F9	HARDWARE INFO	Launch the HWiNFO64 hardware diagnostics tool
F10	WEB BROWSER	Launch Pale Moon rescue web browser

3. Other System Functions

Shortcut	Function
F11	Open About dialog — Display application version and license status
F12	Safely power off the device

Note

Tools F7–F10 are Portable applications located in Softwares\ on the USB (not included in the release package — add them via BootBuilder or a manual copy + user-config.json). They are routed via toolPaths in system-config.json. If the files are missing, the corresponding hotkey won’t work. The 4 buttons are just quick-launch slots — footer labels and hotkeys adjust automatically to your configuration; tool count is unlimited, launch extras via F6 (PowerShell)/F8 (Explorer)/cmd. See Configuration for details.

F1 (BitLocker) and F2 (WiFi) are built into the core and always available. F2 has a 3-second cooldown and will warn if a wired LAN connection is active.