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title: Windows ICD command-line interface (Windows 10)
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# Windows ICD command-line interface (reference)


**Applies to**

- Windows 10
- Windows 10 Mobile

You can use the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD) command-line interface (CLI) to automate the building of provisioning packages and Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education) and Windows 10 Mobile or Windows 10 IoT Core (IoT Core) images. 

- IT pros can use the Windows ICD CLI to require less re-tooling of existing processes. You must run the Windows ICD CLI from a command window with administrator privileges.

- You must use the Windows ICD CLI and edit the customizations.xml sources to create an image and/or provisioning package with multivariant support. You need the customizations.xml file as one of the inputs to the Windows ICD CLI to build a provisioning package. For more information, see [Create a provisioning package with multivariant settings](provisioning-multivariant.md). 



## Syntax

``` 
icd.exe /Build-ProvisioningPackage /CustomizationXML:<path_to_xml> /PackagePath:<path_to_ppkg> 
[/StoreFile:<path_to_storefile>]  [/MSPackageRoot:<path_to_mspackage_directory>]  [/OEMInputXML:<path_to_xml>]
[/ProductName:<product_name>]  [/Variables:<name>:<value>] [[+|-]Encrypted] [[+|-]Overwrite] [/?]
```

## Switches and arguments

| Switch | Required? | Arguments |
| --- | --- | --- |
| /CustomizationXML | No | Specifies the path to a Windows provisioning XML file that contains the customization assets and settings. For more information, see Windows provisioning answer file. |
| /PackagePath | Yes | Specifies the path and the package name where the built provisioning package will be saved. |
| /StoreFile | No</br></br></br>See Important note. | For partners using a settings store other than the default store(s) used by Windows ICD, use this parameter to specify the path to one or more comma-separated Windows settings store file. By default, if you don't specify a settings store file, the settings store that's common to all Windows editions will be loaded by Windows ICD.</br></br></br>**Important**  If you use this parameter, you must not use /MSPackageRoot or /OEMInputXML. |
| /Variables | No | Specifies a semicolon separated <name> and <value> macro pair. The format for the argument must be <name>=<value>. |
| Encrypted | No | Denotes whether the provisioning package should be built with encryption. Windows ICD auto-generates the decryption password and includes this information in the output.</br></br></br>Precede with + for encryption or - for no encryption. The default is no encryption. |
| Overwrite | No | Denotes whether to overwrite an existing provisioning package.</br></br></br>Precede with + to overwrite an existing package or - if you don't want to overwrite an existing package. The default is false (don't overwrite). |
| /? | No | Lists the switches and their descriptions for the command-line tool or for certain commands. |
 



## Related topics

- [Provisioning packages for Windows 10](provisioning-packages.md)
- [How provisioning works in Windows 10](provisioning-how-it-works.md)
- [Install Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer](provisioning-install-icd.md)
- [Create a provisioning package](provisioning-create-package.md)
- [Apply a provisioning package](provisioning-apply-package.md)
- [Settings changed when you uninstall a provisioning package](provisioning-uninstall-package.md)
- [Provision PCs with common settings for initial deployment (simple provisioning)](provision-pcs-for-initial-deployment.md)
- [Provision PCs with apps and certificates for initial deployments (advanced provisioning)](provision-pcs-with-apps-and-certificates.md)
- [Use a script to install a desktop app in provisioning packages](provisioning-script-to-install-app.md)
- [NFC-based device provisioning](provisioning-nfc.md)
- [Create a provisioning package with multivariant settings](provisioning-multivariant.md)