Deleting entries in Peimg /list

[bertikul]

Hollo everyone,

I decided to unsintall (using Waik) some Packages which i previously integrated in Install.wim in my Vista .Iso image. Now when I type: peimg /list c:\winpe_x86\mount\windows, the packages are still in the list (with a (-) sign of course). Can anyone PLEASE explain how to make the references of these Packages disappear from the LIST forever?

After mounting the Image, I deleted manually the Packages entries from: Mount\windows\servicing\packages - but then, when I do: peimg /list c:\winpe_x86\mount\windows, it makes an error. The list won't show the other packages I never uninstalled.

Please Help

Thank you in advance

Edited October 31, 2007 by bertikul

[IcemanND]

Make the PE image smaller:

After installing packages and drivers the Windows PE image is likely bloated with unused items. To

remove the unused items run the following where <source wim> is the bloated image and <dest wim>

will be the cleaned up image. <dest wim> must not already exist.

Imagex /boot /export <source wim> 1 <dest wim>

From Imagex Help:

IMAGEX [FLAGS] /EXPORT src_file src_number | src_name dest_file dest_name

Exports a copy of the specified image to another WIM file.

  src_file - The path of the WIM file that contains the image to be copied.
  src_number - The number that identifies the image within the source WIM.
  src_name - The name that identifies the image within the source WIM.
  dest_file - The path of the WIM file that will receive the image copy.
  dest_name - The unique name for the image in the destination WIM.

Accepted FLAGS:

  /BOOT
  Marks a volume image as bootable. Available for Windows PE images only.

  /CHECK
  Enables WIM integrity checking. If not provided, existing checks are removed.

  /COMPRESS [maximum | fast | none]
  Specifies the type of compression used when exporting to a new WIM file.

  /REF splitwim2.swm
  Enables the reference of split WIM (SWM) files.

  splitwim2.swm - Path to additional split file(s). Wild cards are accepted.

Comments:
  If src_name is "*" then all images are exported to dest_file.

Example:
  imagex /export d:\imaging\data.wim 1 d:\imaging\newfile.wim "Exported Image"

[bertikul]

Make the PE image smaller:

After installing packages and drivers the Windows PE image is likely bloated with unused items. To

remove the unused items run the following where <source wim> is the bloated image and <dest wim>

will be the cleaned up image. <dest wim> must not already exist.

Imagex /boot /export <source wim> 1 <dest wim>

From Imagex Help:

IMAGEX [FLAGS] /EXPORT src_file src_number | src_name dest_file dest_name

Exports a copy of the specified image to another WIM file.

  src_file - The path of the WIM file that contains the image to be copied.
  src_number - The number that identifies the image within the source WIM.
  src_name - The name that identifies the image within the source WIM.
  dest_file - The path of the WIM file that will receive the image copy.
  dest_name - The unique name for the image in the destination WIM.

Accepted FLAGS:

  /BOOT
  Marks a volume image as bootable. Available for Windows PE images only.

  /CHECK
  Enables WIM integrity checking. If not provided, existing checks are removed.

  /COMPRESS [maximum | fast | none]
  Specifies the type of compression used when exporting to a new WIM file.

  /REF splitwim2.swm
  Enables the reference of split WIM (SWM) files.

  splitwim2.swm - Path to additional split file(s). Wild cards are accepted.

Comments:
  If src_name is "*" then all images are exported to dest_file.

Example:
  imagex /export d:\imaging\data.wim 1 d:\imaging\newfile.wim "Exported Image"

[bertikul]

Hollo everyone,

I decided to unsintall (using Waik) some Packages which i previously integrated in Install.wim in my Vista .Iso image. Now when I type: peimg /list c:\winpe_x86\mount\windows, the packages are still in the list (with a (-) sign of course). Can anyone PLEASE explain how to make the references of these Packages disappear from the LIST forever?

After mounting the Image, I deleted manually the Packages entries from: Mount\windows\servicing\packages - but then, when I do: peimg /list c:\winpe_x86\mount\windows, it makes an error. The list won't show the other packages I never uninstalled.

Please Help

Thank you in advance

Thank you very much IcemanND for your reply. I'll try your sugestions and I'll let you know

[bertikul]

I'am just trying to THANK you for your reply (I didn't mean to double the post). I found it difficult to find how to reply to you. Thanks again

[bertikul]

I tryed to apply the command lines you sugested , but I have the same problem. Peimg /list shows the same error. It won't show the intire list if I delete manually the entries in \windows\servicing\packages (entries of packages I uninstalled). If I leave this file untouched, it works perfectly, but I don't want them to be in peimg /list since the packages are uninstalled.

Any other sugestion? Thanks

[IcemanND]

the the imagex /prep command.

[bertikul]

If I try imagex /prep command, the /install, /uninstall, /import, and /list options will not function. I don't want that to hapen. Just delete uninstalled packages entries in windows\servicing\packages and that peimg /list works as it should.

THANKS