In this blog I will share the issue I faced related to WSIM unable to generate catalog using 1903 version.

I have got installed Assessment and Deployment toolkit version 1903 installed. Once launched the “Windows System Image Manager”, I tried generating catalog file and got following error:
Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog

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Once we click on logs, we can see following info:

9:58 PM : This application requires version 10.0.18362.1 of the Windows ADK.
Install this version to correct the problem
9:58 PM :
9:58 PM : Cannot open the Windows image Windows 10 Enterprise(Catalog).
9:58 PM :
9:58 PM : System.InvalidOperationException: The catalog file for Windows image Windows 10 Enterprise(Catalog) is invalid.
at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.Cpi.OpenOfflineImage(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)
at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.AnswerFileImageResolver.TryOpenOfflineImage(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)
10:02 PM :
10:02 PM : Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog. For troubleshooting assistance, see the topic: 'Windows System Image Manager Technical Reference' in the Windows ADK User's Guide.
10:02 PM :
10:02 PM : System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformImplementation, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
File name: 'Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformImplementation, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

This issue comes on host system that is running on 64-bit operating system, the host with 32-bit won’t be facing this issue.
When we check the ADK version, it displays as 10.0.18362.1

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Microsoft has released WSIM 1903 update to resolve this issue.
Once downloaded in zip format, we need to extract the content (WSIM1903.zip) to a folder. Once extracted, we need to copy following files to WSIM installation location (default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\WSIM):

  • imagecat.exe
  • imgmgr.exe

Once downloaded, we can launch WSIM and can successfully able to generate catalog file as shown below:

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Copying imagecat.exe & imgmgr.exe will change the WSIM version. Now we can see the new version showing as 10.0.18362.144

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Hence, updating the WSIM version from 10.0.18362.1 to 10.0.18362.144 resolve the issue related to generating windows catalog.