How to clean windows wim image after integrate updates

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  1. egyptian hak

    egyptian hak MDL Senior Member

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    #1 egyptian hak, Oct 22, 2023
    Are there any way to clean windows wim image after integrate updates offline in iso because it become a big size
     
  2. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #2 Enthousiast, Oct 22, 2023
    Either run:
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    Dism /Image:x:\Mount /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
    or
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    Dism /Image:x:\Mount /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /resetbase
     
  3. egyptian hak

    egyptian hak MDL Senior Member

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    #3 egyptian hak, Oct 22, 2023 (OP)
    are these methods can used to make wim file smaller after offline integrated hotfix's and security updates because i used it before but did not work
     
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    pm67310 MDL Guru

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    #5 pm67310, Oct 22, 2023
    use reset base + wim to esd conversion to have light build
     
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    egyptian hak MDL Senior Member

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    #6 egyptian hak, Oct 22, 2023 (OP)
    i got this error

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  7. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #7 Enthousiast, Oct 22, 2023
    Best to use W10UI for this or don't enable dotnetfx35 before running the cleanup commands