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Create WinPE 3.0 ISO

Make winpe directory

mkdir c:\winpe

Mount the winpe.wim image

imagex /mountrw c:\winpe\winpe.wim 1 c:\winpe\mount

dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\winpe\winpe.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\winpe\mount

Optional, Make changes in this file if needed

notepad.exe c:\winpe\mount\windows\system32\startnet.cmd

and paste the following in that file overwriting the old contents

@echo off 
title DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW. Initializing....
echo Please wait....
wpeinit
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 >nul 2>&1
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('ipconfig ^| find "IPv4"') do set ip=%%i
set ip=%ip: =%
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%a in ("%ip%") do set ip=%%b
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 >nul 2>&1
cls
if not defined ip set msg=Initialization FAILED. Missing network drivers
if defined ip set msg=DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW. Initialized %ip%
title %msg%

Delete the following file, its for the Press any key for CD/DVD... prompt

del c:\winpe\ISO\boot\bootfix.bin /f/q

Inject drivers if needed

dism /image=c:\winpe\mount /add-driver /driver=c:\drivers /recurse

Unmount the winpe image

imagex.exe /unmount /commit c:\winpe\mount

Copy the the file to as boot.wim to

copy c:\winpe\winpe.wim c:\winpe\iso\sources\boot.wim /y

Finally make iso image

oscdimg -n -h -bc:\winpe\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\iso c:\winpe\winpe.iso

Inject drivers in winPE 3.0

Mount the winpe.wim image

imagex /mountrw c:\winpe\winpe.wim 1 c:\winpe\mount

Remove the bootfix.bin file to get rid of CD/DVD Message

del c:\winpe\iso\boot\bootfix.bin /s /q

Add all drivers in the folder

dism /image=c:\winpe\mount /add-driver /driver=c:\drivers /recurse

Add one driver in the folder, replace xxx with the actual name

dism /image=c:\winpe\mount /add-driver /driver=c:\drivers /recurse

Unmount the winpe image

imagex.exe /unmount /commit c:\winpe\mount

dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\winpe\mount /commit

Copy/merge the winpe.wim to boot.wim

copy c:\winpe\winpe.wim c:\winpe\iso\sources\boot.wim /y

Finally make iso image and you are done

oscdimg -n -h -bc:\winpe\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\iso c:\winpe\winpe.iso

Add extra packages

add WMI package, assuming that winpe.wim is mounted in c:\winpe\mount

dism /image:c:\winpe\mount /add-package /packagepath:"c:\program files\windows aik\tools\petools\x86\winpe_fps\winpe-wmi.cab"

add HTA package

dism /image:c:\winpe\mount /add-package /packagepath:"c:\program files\windows aik\tools\petools\x86\winpe_fps\winpe-hta.cab"

add scripting package

dism /image:c:\winpe\mount /add-package /packagepath:"c:\program files\windows aik\tools\petools\x86\winpe_fps\winpe-scripting.cab"

Wpeutil Commands

Reference
Disable

wpeutil disablefirewall

Restart Computer

wpeutil reboot