MDT Cannot create a catalog file from my 1903 image

Steve Hartman 1 Reputation point
2020-10-23T16:53:58.607+00:00

Help! I get an long error when I try to click the button, "Edit Unattend.xml" tab in my MDT task sequence.

Here is the logs..

Performing the operation "generate" on target "Catalog".
Starting: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog40.exe" "D:\Installations\Production\Operating Systems\1903_10_21_20\1903_10_21_20.wim" 1 > "C:\Users\hartmas\AppData\Local\Temp\2\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.log" 2>&1
No existing catalog file found.
PROGRESS: 0: Starting.
PROGRESS: 0: Creating mount folder: C:\Users\hartmas\AppData\Local\Temp\2\IMGMGR_1903_10_21_20_1903_10_04_20CDrive_dxnmvtab.vtw.
PROGRESS: 5: Creating temp folder: C:\Users\hartmas\AppData\Local\Temp\2\IMGMGR_1903_10_21_20_temp_mb2buash.ylw.
PROGRESS: 10: Mounting Windows image: D:\Installations\Production\Operating Systems\1903_10_21_20\1903_10_21_20.wim. This might take a few minutes.
ERROR: Unable to generate catalog on D:\Installations\Production\Operating Systems\1903_10_21_20\1903_10_21_20.wim: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.WimImageInfo.PreCreateCatalog()
at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageInfo.CreateCatalog()
at Microsoft.BDD.Catalog.Program.DoCatalog()

Non-zero return code from catalog utility, rc = 2002

I am using a 1903 image and also can't get it to create the catalog file in WSIM either.

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  1. Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
    2020-10-26T02:41:48.643+00:00

    x86 Windows System Image Manager can create catalogs for x86, x64, and Itanium-based Windows images.
    x64 Windows System Image Manager can create catalogs only for x64 Windows images.
    Verify that the account used to run WSIM has write access to the dir where the WIM is located
    Also, update your Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) version.
    Then do the following:
    Re-imported the 1903 source files into MDT
    Re-captured the 1903 Image
    Imported the new Capture Wim
    Created a new task and reference the new WIM file

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