By following these steps and using the right tools, you can effectively open and manage WIM files on Windows 10, ensuring smooth system deployments and troubleshooting.

I did almost exactly the same thing yesterday with a Dell and the Factory.wim. As Ric mentioned you need to download and install Microsoft's WAIK first in order to restore Dell's image using ImageX.

Downloaded Windows Automated Installer Kit (WAIK) for Vista so that I could use ImageX.exe to extract a file from a 2.5GB WIM file. (Windows Image File) Apparently WIM is the new hotness and CAB ...