XP_NO Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) I followed the description as at http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=127712 because I am using XP professional on the computer I am using to make my cd's.Is it possible to remove WAIK after I copied the dll to the vlite folder or are other files also needed?I am asking becasue WAIK is more then 1Gb which is an awfull lot of space....Edit; tried it but unfortunately vLite is starting up with the message to download waik. Edited January 13, 2009 by XP_NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 don't uninstall the WAIK. You still need the WIM Filter driver to mount the WIM files! Tge DLL only contains the API that application can use to deal with the WIM files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grope For Luna Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Copy the following files to the following locations (assuming you have vlite installed to the Program Files directory.)%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimgapi.dll%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x86\wimfltr.inf%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x86\wimfltr.sysThe files should be in %ProgramFiles%\Windows Imaging. (That will be x64 if you are using 64bit.)If you plan on using the WAIK tools (pkgmgr, dism) to preinstall packages you may need to keep WAIK installed (Image Manager doesn't seem to regenerate catalog files without it installed) . However, if you aren't making custom WinPE images, you can get rid of the PETools folder, which is >90% of the installation size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_NO Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Thanks Grope For Luna; very helpfull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Microsoft should make Wimfilter packages for 32bit and 64bit so the users wont need to install it for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP_NO Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 I think there is more Microsoft should do but they are not doing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 in Windows7 the driver and the DLL is already included. So stop Bashing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Copy the following files to the following locations (assuming you have vlite installed to the Program Files directory.)%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimgapi.dll%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x86\wimfltr.inf%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x86\wimfltr.sysThe files should be in %ProgramFiles%\Windows Imaging. (That will be x64 if you are using 64bit.)If you plan on using the WAIK tools (pkgmgr, dism) to preinstall packages you may need to keep WAIK installed (Image Manager doesn't seem to regenerate catalog files without it installed) . However, if you aren't making custom WinPE images, you can get rid of the PETools folder, which is >90% of the installation size.What about 32 bit? seeing I am trying to avoid having WAIK installed seeing it is 1.3gb on my system So where would those 2 files go? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grope For Luna Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Copy the following files to the following locations (assuming you have vlite installed to the Program Files directory.)%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimgapi.dll%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x86\wimfltr.inf%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x86\wimfltr.sysThe files should be in %ProgramFiles%\Windows Imaging. (That will be x64 if you are using 64bit.)If you plan on using the WAIK tools (pkgmgr, dism) to preinstall packages you may need to keep WAIK installed (Image Manager doesn't seem to regenerate catalog files without it installed) . However, if you aren't making custom WinPE images, you can get rid of the PETools folder, which is >90% of the installation size.What about 32 bit? seeing I am trying to avoid having WAIK installed seeing it is 1.3gb on my system So where would those 2 files go? Thanks%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimgapi.dll%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x64\wimfltr.inf%ProgramFiles%\vLite\wimfltr\x64\wimfltr.sysLike I said, install WAIK and delete the PETools folder and it'll only take up about 25MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JatinBeniwal Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 yes but it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now