Previously, installing Windows on Raspberry Pi was a bit of a hassle, downloading the system image, flashing it, and a series of complex configurations.

Two months ago, a Raspberry Pi enthusiast abroad wrote a script – WoR-flasher, which can automate all these operations and comes with a graphical interface. You don’t have to worry about Microsoft licensing issues; this script is completely legal! (Of course, it can also be used to install Windows 10)

Let’s take a look together.

Installing WoR-flasher

Automatic Installation

The fastest way to get WoR-flasher running on RPi is to use the Raspberry Pi’s Pi-Apps app store.

There are several benefits to installing WoR-flasher from Pi-Apps:

• It will automatically create a button in the start menu
• Supports one-click uninstall
• Convenient one-click update

Download Method

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Note: Compatible with Raspberry Pi OS and most other Debian-based ARM operating systems, such as Twister OS, MX Linux, Kali Linux, and Ubuntu.

GitHub address: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Manual Installation

You can also install it manually by entering in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/Botspot/wor-flasher

After running this, you will see a directory named wor-flasher,

About Dependencies

Running this script will automatically install these packages: yad aria2 cabextract wimtools chntpw genisoimage exfat-fuse exfat-utils wget

Then start the script in the terminal:

~/wor-flasher/install-wor-gui.sh

A graphical interface will pop up, and you can start the foolproof installation.

Official Installation Begins (Graphical)

Step one, select whether you want to install Win11 or Win10, then choose the model of the Raspberry Pi (it is recommended to use Pi4),

Step two, select the language to be used for the operating system,

Step three, insert a writable memory card of at least 8GB (25GB or more is best),

• If the memory card is larger than 25GB, you can install it yourself;
• If the memory card is smaller than 25GB but larger than 7GB, it can only install Windows on other drives larger than 16GB;
• If the memory card is smaller than 7GB, installation will not be possible.

Step four, check the default configuration, if there are other needs, you can add some, check again, and once confirmed, click “Flash”,

The terminal will officially start running the install-wor.sh script:

This step takes a lot of time, it will download the installation package from Microsoft, compress it, and generate the image (if you have handled the ISO file through other faster/non-official methods, you can skip this time-consuming image generation step).

The author declares here: this script is completely legal, and you don’t have to worry about the issue of Microsoft only selling ARM version Windows licenses to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers).

Some people have discussed this with several Microsoft employees, and they had no objections.

Furthermore, Microsoft’s update server is publicly accessible, which is as legal as downloading the x86 Windows ISO directly from the official website.

Moreover, Microsoft has always been aware of the existence of UUPdump but has never pursued its responsibility.

So there is no need to worry about whether this installation is legal.

If everything goes well, the terminal will automatically close, and this interface will pop up:

Follow the prompts to insert the flashed memory card into the Raspberry Pi, the script will continue to automatically install Windows and reboot – everything is done (the installation takes about 30 minutes).

All you need is to spend some time patiently waiting.

In addition, there is good news that I don’t know if everyone has noticed: Windows 11 introduces an “ARM64EC” “emulation compatibility” interface (ABI), which is a new way to build applications on ARM devices running Windows 11.

In this way, 64-bit exe programs can run on the Raspberry Pi.

Alright, hurry up and give it a try.