docs(win11creator): correct architecture and guide

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Type of Change

• New feature
• Bug fix
• Documentation update
• Refactor
• UI/UX improvement

Description

Aligns Win11 Creator documentation with actual source code implementation across architecture.mdx and win11creator.mdx.

- Customizations applied offline to mounted install.wim
+ Customizations staged into autounattend.xml as first-logon scripts

- Remove 40+ bloat AppX packages
+ Remove 19 bloat AppX packages

- Format USB as GPT with 512 MB EFI partition
+ Format USB as GPT with single FAT32 partition (capped at 32 GB, SWM split)

- Logged to WinUtil_Win11ISO.log
+ Logged to WinUtil session log and live UI status panel

Key Changes

• Customization Flow: Clarify that AppX removal, registry tweaks, and OneDrive uninstall run at first logon rather than offline WIM servicing.
• Component Listing: Document Invoke-WinUtilISOUSB.ps1 functions, Invoke-WinUtilRobocopy, and oscdimg helpers.
• Setup Reliability: Document edition pinning (sources\ei.cfg, PID.txt removal, /IMAGE/INDEX), setup script fallback (sources\$OEM$\$$\Setup\Scripts\), and WIM metadata validation.
• USB Layout: Document single FAT32 partition behavior and .swm splitting for images over 3.8 GB.

Issue related to PR

• Complements fix: inject Setup storage into boot.wim #5102, which has the boot.wim changes and documentation.

Evidence

• Before:
  • architecture.mdx claimed customizations modified offline WIM images and logged to a non-existent WinUtil_Win11ISO.log.
  • Both docs claimed 40+ bloatware apps removed and a 512 MB EFI USB partition.
• After:
  • Verified against Invoke-WinUtilISO.ps1, Invoke-WinUtilISOScript.ps1, Invoke-WinUtilISOUSB.ps1, and tools/autounattend.xml.
  • All 19 AppX packages, first-logon script paths, edition configuration, and FAT32 formatting constraints match source behavior.

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📝 Summary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated Windows 11 Creator documentation to reflect the revised installation-media customization workflow.
  • Clarified that app removal and system adjustments occur during setup and first logon.
  • Documented edition selection, setup fallbacks, driver handling, validation, and improved status logging.
  • Updated USB creation guidance for GPT/FAT32 drives, including handling large installation files.
  • Clarified OneDrive removal and the revised list of removable applications.

Walkthrough

The Win11 Creator documentation now describes staged first-logon customization instead of offline WIM editing. It documents edition pinning, setup fallbacks, driver validation, GPT/FAT32 USB creation with WIM splitting, revised cleanup, and updated app-removal behavior.

Changes

Win11 Creator documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Staged customization workflow docs/src/content/docs/code-reference/architecture.mdx	The architecture reference describes ISO copying, post-install scripting, edition pinning, setup fallbacks, and optional driver injection.
USB export and cleanup docs/src/content/docs/code-reference/architecture.mdx, docs/src/content/docs/guides/win11creator.mdx	The documentation describes a single FAT32 partition capped at 32 GB, WIM splitting above 3.8 GB, robocopy transfer, and WIM mount cleanup.
Validation and user guidance docs/src/content/docs/code-reference/architecture.mdx, docs/src/content/docs/guides/win11creator.mdx	The reference adds WIM metadata validation and first-logon behavior. The guide updates the app-removal list and OneDrive handling.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies a documentation correction for the Win11 Creator architecture and guide, which matches the main changes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the documentation updates and connects them to the documented source implementation.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🟡 Minor · Correct the driver-injection description. · architecture.mdx:282-284

docs/src/content/docs/code-reference/architecture.mdx:282-284
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the driver-injection description.

This section says that WinUtil injects all exported drivers into both WIM images. The current workflow injects storage drivers into boot.wim index 2 and eligible drivers into the selected install.wim.

Proposed documentation update

-**Optional Enhancement**: When enabled, exports all drivers from the running system and injects them into both:
-- `install.wim` (main OS image)
-- `boot.wim` index 2 (Windows Setup PE environment)
+**Optional Enhancement**: When enabled, exports drivers from the running system and injects:
+- Eligible drivers into the selected `install.wim` image
+- Storage drivers into `boot.wim` index 2

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In `@docs/src/content/docs/code-reference/architecture.mdx` around lines 282 -
284, Update the Optional Enhancement description to state that eligible drivers
are injected into the selected install.wim image, while storage drivers are
injected into boot.wim index 2; remove the claim that all exported drivers are
injected into both images.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@docs/src/content/docs/code-reference/architecture.mdx`:
- Around line 282-284: Update the Optional Enhancement description to state that
eligible drivers are injected into the selected install.wim image, while storage
drivers are injected into boot.wim index 2; remove the claim that all exported
drivers are injected into both images.

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