How to Convert multi edition .iso to Single edition?

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  1. Enthousiast

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    You can use the tool to make it a single edition ISO:

    Code:
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    Win_ISO_WIM_ESD_SWM_Handling_Tool_v3.0
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    Extracting ISO to ISO folder...
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    7-Zip 21.07 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov : 2021-12-26
    
    Scanning the drive for archives:
    1 file, 5387679744 bytes (5139 MiB)
    
    Extracting archive: .\en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_version_21h2_x64_dvd_9efdf454.iso
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    Path = .\en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_version_21h2_x64_dvd_9efdf454.iso
    Type = Udf
    Physical Size = 5387679744
    Comment = CENA_X64FREO_EN-US_DV9
    Cluster Size = 2048
    Created = 2021-10-07 01:00:00
    
    Everything is Ok
    
    Folders: 85
    Files: 904
    Size:       5382252999
    Compressed: 5387679744
    
    
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    Available indexes to be included in the new ISO...
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     {0} All indexes
     {1} "Windows 10 Enterprise"
     {2} "Windows 10 IoT Enterprise"
    
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    select index(es) here ....
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    >2
    
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    Select the compression type for the "Install" file
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    [ 1 ] - ESD File - Smaller install file (longer creation).
    
    [ 2 ] - SWM File - Multiple split wim files.
    
    [ 3 ] - WIM File - Leave it WIM.
    
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    * Type your option and press Enter: 3
    21H2Enablement
    
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    You have selected to keep the install.wim...
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    Using LZX compression with 16 threads
    Archiving file data: 8566 MiB of 8566 MiB (100%) done
    
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    Optimizing Boot.wim...
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    "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" original size: 626978 KiB
    Using LZX compression with 16 threads
    Archiving file data: 1010 MiB of 1010 MiB (100%) done
    "ISO\Sources\boot.wim" optimized size: 405642 KiB
    Space saved: 221335 KiB
    
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    Creating ISO...
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    OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility
    Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved.
    Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content.
    
    
    Scanning source tree (500 files in 41 directories)
    Scanning source tree complete (904 files in 86 directories)
    
    Computing directory information complete
    
    Image file is 5116526592 bytes (before optimization)
    
    Writing 904 files in 86 directories to en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_version_21h2_x64_dvd_9efdf454_WIM_2026_01_10.ISO
    
    100% complete
    
    Storage optimization saved 25 files, 14182400 bytes (1% of image)
    
    After optimization, image file is 5104408576 bytes
    Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 14182400
    
    Done.
    
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    Now you have time to copy the content of the ISO folder to a FAT32 formatted USB key,
    when done copying, press any key to cleanup the ISO folder.
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    Press any key to continue . . .
    
     
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  3. Enthousiast

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    No worries, you reminded me that i still needed to update the posts with the fresh uploads :)
     
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    I'm glad I was able to be of some help:)
     
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