Latest Rufus update improves new Windows 11 install method

Rufus 4.15 beta is out with important fixes for "silent" Windows 11 installation, patches for ARM-based PCs, and more.

Pete Batard, the maker of Rufus, a very popular app for creating bootable Windows (and other OS) media, has released a new beta version of its app. Rufus 4.15 beta is now out, and while it offers no new features, there are all sorts of improvements and fixes, including for the new Windows 11 installation method that was introduced in version 4.14 in early May.

The "Silent Windows 11 installation" is a new feature whose goal is to automate operating system installation. All you have to do is boot from the drive, and then Rufus takes over, doing all things for you, such as setting up a new account, skipping ads and prompts, and more. It is a very handy tool, but initially, it had some bugs and issues that required addressing. With version 4.15 beta, Rufus is fixing that, particularly a bug with installation failing at 75%, crashes on Snapdragon X-based PCs, and more.

Here is the changelog:

• Improve the guards for using the "silent" option
• Improve the ability to cancel during write retries
• Fix unrestricted XML entity expansion and integer overflow in ezxml parser [GHSA-55r2-34wg-8mv9]
• Fix "silent" Windows installation failing at 75% in most cases
• Fix a crash during boot when using UEFI:NTFS on Snapdragon X based ARM64 platforms
• Fix the first WUE option always being checked by default
• Fix an infinite loop when using Windows ISOs that contain multiple WIMs
• Fix "Enable runtime UEFI media validation" checkbox not always being properly enabled
• Other WUE improvements/fixes for OneDrive removal and username validation

Rufus 4.15 beta is now available for download from its GitHub repository. If you have never used Rufus before, you can check out our guide here. It is a very useful utility to have, as it allows you to deal with plenty of Windows 11's annoyances, which are still there, despite Microsoft's ongoing efforts to fix them.

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Posted Thursday 18 June 2026 at 2:35 pm AEST (my time).

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