Hello.

I have been trying to use Win10 DISM to try to slim down an install.wim. To my horror, even with the "/remove" parameter, DISM refuses to remove any packages' payload; it just shows up as "Disabled", not "Disabled with payload removed". Removing "Features" or "Provisioned Appx Packages" work fine.
Please, does a way exist to "force" DISM to do the removal?

 

Thank you

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *play* | Remove-AppxPackage

The key is to use the parameter "-AllUsers"

Out of curiosity, how small of a size are you going for?  Using an install.esd over an install.wim will save you ~1GB of space, and considering the unpacked install.wim/esd is ~19GB, that's a fairly substantial compression ratio.

Out of curiosity, how small of a size are you going for? Using an install.esd over an install.wim will save you ~1GB of space, and considering the unpacked install.wim/esd is ~19GB, that's a fairly substantial compression ratio.

Around here allot of people aren't happy with that little he might want less than two gigs

Edited December 6, 201510 yr by Kelsenellenelvian

 

Out of curiosity, how small of a size are you going for? Using an install.esd over an install.wim will save you ~1GB of space, and considering the unpacked install.wim/esd is ~19GB, that's a fairly substantial compression ratio.

Around here allot of people aren't happy with that little he might want less than two gigs

 

 

I was asking how small they wanted it in order to offer suggestions on how to ensure it's a smaller image... normally, one would construe what I asked as meaning that.

 

ESD was mentioned because it has a more efficient compression ratio.

Can esd files be made on a personal system? If so actually tell us how.

Can esd files be made on a personal system? If so actually tell us how.

 

And you repeatedly ask if I have real world experience?  Are you sure you're not projecting?

 

dism /export-image /sourceimagefile:z:\install.wim /sourceindex:1 /destinationimagefile:z:\install.esd /compress:recovery /checkintegrity

 

One could also download the ESD2WIM zip file that's been on this forum for years, which includes it's own DISM folder and cmd script.

Edited December 6, 201510 yr by jmonroe0914

I didn't know something so I actually asked. Wow that's something bad?

I didn't know something so I actually asked. Wow that's something bad?

When taken into the context of your replies to my posts over the past two hours, one would not infer that was your reasoning.

I only really argue when I know someone's wrong. I can admit when I don't know something.