Offline & Air-Gapped WSA Installs with bundle.wsa

2026-03-25·5 min read

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What Is bundle.wsa?

bundle.wsa is a 1.21 GB pre-packaged archive containing both the WSA Basic and WSA+Play Store packages. It removes the need to download anything at install time, making it ideal for offline, air-gapped, or repeated deployments.

When to Use It

Machines without internet access
Air-gapped lab or test environments
Installing WSA on many PCs without re-downloading
Environments where download ports are blocked

How WSA Installer Uses It

Point the installer at bundle.wsa (or place it next to the setup file) and it extracts the matching package locally, skipping the parallel download phase entirely. The Play Store patch still runs normally.

Keep a copy of bundle.wsa on a USB drive — after Microsoft's deprecation it's the most reliable way to reinstall WSA from scratch.

Integrity

The installer verifies the bundle against a known SHA-256 before use, so a corrupted download fails fast instead of producing a broken subsystem.

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