WIM filter not needed

[thany]

vLite says I need to install the WIM filter. It's been dicussed over and over, wether or not to package this filter with vLite's installer. Appearantly it isn't, so it says I should download it. But WHY still? I don't need to mount any images, and even if I do, I use Daemon Tools for that.

How can I use vLite without that image mounter? Pressing cancel also exits vLite entirely!

Edited January 2, 2009 by thany

[ricktendo]

How else do you want vLite to add and remove the stuff?

A: It has to mount it

Edited January 2, 2009 by ricktendo64

[MagicAndre1981]

read this: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=127712

[JatinBeniwal]

Forget about wimfltr but WIndows Imaging Library is still needed that is wimgapi.dll. Still we need to use waik so why made confusion wimfltr not necessary. Also 7zip also can extract wim files but whan can u do with windows imaging as GIMAGEX also need wimgapi.dll to work.

[aviv00]

vlite use this filter to open the wim file and change and remove comps from it

[thany]

Ah so it's not for mounting DVD or CD images. I see. Then it's the message that's confusing, since very few people know what the WIM filter really does. I know it now, that's good I guess, but many other might not. So the message needs to absolutely clearly describe what WIM is for.

So here's the solution: get your hands on vLite 1.1.6, install it, then instal 1.2, and it works.

Question for Microsoft: why be so strict about this?

[MagicAndre1981]

in Windows 7 they are not! the WIM Filter driver and the WIMGAPI.dll are included in Windows 7. Also a new tools which combine the Package Manager, IntlConfg and PEImg into 1 tool is now included in Windows 7.

[sp00f]

in Windows 7 they are not! the WIM Filter driver and the WIMGAPI.dll are included in Windows 7. Also a new tools which combine the Package Manager, IntlConfg and PEImg into 1 tool is now included in Windows 7.

Yep , its called : Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)

How to use Windows 7 DISM by Muiz.