These images can be rather large so you will need 20 GB+ of free space.
Step 1
Create a new folder in which you will store these images
e.g. 'F:\ImageBackup'
Step 2
Press Windows key + X key to open the Power User Tasks menu and select Command Prompt (Admin)

Step 3
When createing a custom windows image using recimg.exe the following syntax is used
recimg.exe /createimage "Path"
So type in command prompt
recimg.exe /createimage "Path" (The path must be inside the quotes " ")
e.g.
recimg.exe /createimage "F:\ImageBackup"
Now hit enter
The image will now be saved and registered (Takes awhile)

With the image now registered windows knows that when doing a refresh it must use that image instead of the default image.
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