: Developers using copype (the command-line tool to build WinPE drives) sometimes find their boot images missing bootmgr or BCD files. Reinstalling this specific component refreshes those files.
This file is distributed as a standalone download on public software repositories. It is a component extracted or utilized by the Windows ADK installer.
Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) is a lightweight OS used for deploying, repairing, and imaging Windows. While most standard WinPE environments use the "Desktop Editions" files, the version is a more modular, "universal" version of the kernel.