How to install qubes tools on Windows 10?

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Guerlan

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Mar 15, 2020, 2:04:34 AM3/15/20
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I bootem my machine with the .iso and started the .exe, but I get

"another version of this product is already installed"

somethig like that.

How to install on Windows 10?

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Mar 15, 2020, 7:12:27 AM3/15/20
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See below for a detailed description on how to use this method:

1)  Open your Firefox browser in a VM - for example in the untrusted VM.

2)  To save the install.sh script file:  Open this page: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elliotkillick/qvm-create-windows-qube/master/install.sh and save it as install.sh

3)  To copy the file to dom0: Open the dom0 terminal and execute this command:  qvm-run -p --filter-escape-chars --no-color-output untrusted "cat '/home/user/Downloads/install.sh'" > install.sh

4)  To check that the file is copied to dom0: Execute this command in the dom0 terminal: ls

5)  To get Qubes OS to execute the script in the "install.sh" file: Execute this command in the dom0 terminal: chmod +x install.sh && ./install.sh

6)  Download the version of Windows 10 you want to use to the "windows-mgmt" VM.
     You can execute the script in the file "download-windows.sh , but it might not work - I couldn't make it work. In that case, do the following:

     6a)  Open the “Qube Settings” for the domain “windows-mgmt”. Under “Network”, choose the “default” one and click on “Apply”.

     6b)  Open the domains Firefox browser and search the web for “how to download windows 10”.
            One of the first results is a link to a Microsoft webpage from which it is possible to download the file in the local language.
            The file gets downloaded to the download folder in the domain.

     6c)  Open the “Qube Settings” for the domain “windows-mgmt”. Under “Network”, choose “(none)” and click on “Apply”.

     6d)  Move or copy the downloaded Win10 ISO-file to this destination: /Documents/qvm-create-windows-qube/windows-media/isos

     6e)  Open the terminal in dom0 and execute the following script (remember to write the name of the ISO-file you downloaded in step 6b instead of “filename”): ./qvm-create-windows-qube.sh -n sys-whonix -oyw -i filename.iso -a win10x64-pro.xml Win10
            Info: "Win10" will be the name of the domain.
            Do not close the terminal before it says the installation was complete (successfully) !  Let the terminal do the job, it restarts the qube and so on when it is necessary.

7)  When you get into Windows there might appear three message boxes. One saying that the pc has to be restarted. A second one saying that drive D has to be formatted. And the third one saying something about a private drive. Just click on "OK". Then Windows will close immediately and restart. Afterwards the terminal should write that the installation was completed successfully.
     When Windows start up again you probably do not have a functioning internet connection.

8)  To get on the internet: Shut down the Win10 HVM and start it again.

Now your Win10 HVM should act almost as a normal Win 10 installation.
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