Asha Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hey guys, thanks for this tool. I just ran it on an online win10 system to remove defender and other packages. The tool runs, messages its removing packages, then exits but the list of packages from the /l command shows Defender etc. still there. What am I missing? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 I thought I'd make a friendly request here for someone to compile the latest version of install_wim_tweak to run on .NET4(.6). This way, one shouldn't have install an entire .NET runtime on Windows 10 in order remove a couple of components. Done. Check the first page. The only thing I did was to download the source, change .NET version in project properties and build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I thought I'd make a friendly request here for someone to compile the latest version of install_wim_tweak to run on .NET4(.6). This way, one shouldn't have install an entire .NET runtime on Windows 10 in order remove a couple of components. Done. Check the first page. The only thing I did was to download the source, change .NET version in project properties and build Fantastic, thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microft Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) Hey guyz, how to mount install.wim? i'm newb. Edited August 24, 2015 by Microft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWhatever Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Hi I used this tool to get rid of Cortana from my Windows 10 Pro and it worked fine. The method used was from this thread here: http://superuser.com/questions/949569/can-i-completely-disable-cortana-on-windows-10 It got rid of three packages and after a reboot, it was done. However, if I want to re-install Cortana later, how do I go about doing it please? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Just keep doing updates it'll come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWhatever Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Just keep doing updates it'll come back. That's not particularly 'helpful'! I was hoping for something more technical than sticking a wet finger in the air and hoping the wind will blow in the right direction. What I've done so far is taken the Win 10 installation files (from the Win 10 USB update tool), converted the install.esd to install.wim and navigated to the 'sources\install.wim\Program Files\WindowsApps\' folder, but there's no sign of Cortana there to re-install, so not sure how to proceed? Any suggestions please? Further edit: I found it under: X:\sources\install.wim\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\ How do I re-install it from there, please? Edited August 27, 2015 by MrWhatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Why go through all this trouble? If you wanted Cortana then you should have kept it, failing that AFAIK then you are going to have to reinstall windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWhatever Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Why go through all this trouble? If you wanted Cortana then you should have kept it, failing that AFAIK then you are going to have to reinstall windows 10. Just experimenting, that's all. I didn't realise it was a permanent deletion of the package at first. But, I don't want it anyway. However, all knowledge is useful, and it would be useful to know how to re-install things like this if for example my daughter's laptop were to have stuff removed that she later wanted putting back. Reinstalling Windows 10 seems like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. There must be an easier way to re-install single packages? Edited August 26, 2015 by MrWhatever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyman Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Feature Request @Legolash2o: Is it possible 'install_wim_tweak' to export particular componenets in a separate folder or as packed CAB files? (something like 'SXS_Extractor')? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) I thought I'd make a friendly request here for someone to compile the latest version of install_wim_tweak to run on .NET4(.6). This way, one shouldn't have install an entire .NET runtime on Windows 10 in order remove a couple of components. Done. Check the first page. The only thing I did was to download the source, change .NET version in project properties and build Fantastic, thank you so much! Thank you sir. I downloaded code myself and was looking at fixing but too many other things. Especially removing Cortana +1. No more 3.5 except for a few other programs I have. Is that the latest source also? Edited August 31, 2015 by maxXPsoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiaopang Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) I experienced a strange bug when storing the wim-file and the mount folder on a RAM-drive created by ImDisk on Windows 10 x64. Install_Wim_Tweak supposedly runs through successfully, removing the specified packages in the process, but in reality no packages are removed and no errors are reported. I didn't experience any issues when all files were located on my SSD. I somehow have the feeling that it's a path issue due to the way IM implements the RAM-drive, but then Install_Wim_Tweak should at least throw some errors. Anyway, thanks for this tool. I found it to be very useful Edited September 3, 2015 by Xiaopang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyman Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I experienced a strange bug when storing the wim-file and the mount folder on a RAM-drive created by ImDisk on Windows 10 x64. Install_Wim_Tweak supposedly runs through successfully, removing the specified packages in the process, but in reality no packages are removed and no errors are reported. I didn't experience any issues when all files were located on my SSD. I somehow have the feeling that it's a path issue due to the way IM implements the RAM-drive, but then Install_Wim_Tweak should at least throw some errors. Anyway, thanks for this tool. I found it to be very useful I have same experince, but in my scenario I have added (dism /enable-feature) NETFX3 and after that I want to remove some components with 'install_wim_tweak', and 'install_wim_tweak' output just 'OK' without numbering removed components as 1/1 or 4/6 and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiaopang Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I switched to SoftPerfect's RAM Disk which solved my problem with Install_Wim_Tweak not properly removing packages. It's quite a bit slower, but apparently more accurate. I'd still prefer IM due to its painless implementation and higher speed, so any bugfix for Install_Wim_Tweak would be very much welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyV Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Thanks for picking up the torch and updating this fine little tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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