bphlpt Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Hey Legolash2o,Have you had a chance to try the new Win8 versions of the tools such as DISM on Win7? I saw a write up about some of the new features here - http://www.msfn.org/...025#entry991025. An especially intriguing new feature to me is the /Remove Parameter in the /Disable-Feature command.DISM includes a new option in Windows 8. The /Remove Parameter in the /Disable-Feature command.The syntax is the following:DISM.exe /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:<name> /RemoveIf you use the Disable-Feature in Vista and Windows 7, the files from the disabled feature are still stored in the WinSxS folder and you get NO additional free HDD space when disabling a feature.The /Remove-Flag changes this in Windows 8. NOW ALL THE FILES ARE REMOVED FROM THE WINSXS Folder!Example:Run DISM.exe /Online /English /Get-Features /Format:Table to see which featues you have and you see something like this:----------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------Feature Name | State ----------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------SimpleTCP | Enabled If you now run DISM.exe /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:SimpleTCP /Remove the SimpleTCP feature is disabled and the files associated with the SimpleTCP Feature are removed. If you run /Get-Features again you see this:----------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------Feature Name | State ----------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------SimpleTCP | Disabled with Payload RemovedPayload Removed = DLLs removed from WinSxS. if you now want to enable the features, the "Turn Windows Features on or off" asks to download the missing files. So this is the safe way to disable features and getting more free HDD space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Component Remover does this i think. Can't really use the Win8 DISM features as they won't work on Windows 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidernz Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 don't know how difficult it would be, but what if it detected windows 8 and so switched to using windows 8 dsim features, would be neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I'll see what i can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The /Remove feature only works when working with "/Online" It doesn't work it "/Image" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'm way beyond my comfort zone here, but does this mean the following would work? Install the OS in VM, run DISM with /Remove, sysprep the image, capture the install.wim and then use that to make an install disk? And will this work on Win7? Just a wild thought.Cheers and Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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