Hello to all: OK, I got 7z, version 9.30 alpha [64-bit] and that did open the .wim file up (I tend to avoid alpha and beta versions of software like this is why I wasn't using it) but I couldn't make hide nor hair of what I got! So, I went to the suggestion of "imagex /info wim_file_name. That worked a treat! I attached a screen of what I found there. It turns out that there is only one image in the file, so now I can proceed with the walkthrough! Many thanks to all who made suggestions to help the old dodger! Sparky