MSMG Toolkit 1.08 won't let me delete it!

did you try to unistall in the first place prior to just delete the program? If you encounter more problems with that deletion of files you might try to use unlocker found with using google

 

#1. That problem normally appears when the process is aborted (mostly due to user intervention) without unmounting the Images properly. In that case the system handles them as still mounted and refuses deletion attempts.

Check for mounted WIMs:

Code:

dism /get-MountedWimInfo

#2. That's not a problem of the used tool but a general DISM one, if used improperly.

#3. To discard mounted Images:

Code:

Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:"path to mount folder here" /discard

 

Unlocker won't work here ... the system will still protect the mount folders. It's similiar to trying to delete an ISO which is mounted in Explorer .

 

thanks bud. I thought unlocker performs a similar task like the one you mentioned above

 

One of the few things unlocker is helpless .

If any Install Image is mounted:

Code:

dism /get-MountedWimInfo 

Answer if any is mounted:

Code:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17029

Mounted images:

Mount Dir : j:\win\mount
Image File : E:\IMAGES\DISC_IMAGES\WIN_8\MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.UPDATE.1.X64.GERMAN.DVD\
default\boot.wim
Image Index : 1
Mounted Read/Write : Yes
Status : Ok

The operation completed successfully.

Discard:

Code:

Dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:"j:\win\mount" /discard

 

Unlocker actually works very well although it takes a lot of time.

Some days ago, I actually forced to abort DISM operation and thus let mounted image be still running and as usual system did not allow me to remove the mounted folder, so I had to use Unlocker, it perfectly removed the whole folder but it moved all of them into Recycle Bin, but since then, I can not clear Recycle Bin and it tells me that I don't have required permission, I did everything but still not possible to clear Recycle Bin.

So, I strongly recommend not to abort any DISM operations, unless it itself cancel the job and most importantly, try not to remove that folder yourself but do unmount /discard and it will be gone forever.

 

Code:

dism /Cleanup-Mountpoints

 

You can try it from the run dialog:

Code:

cleanmgr

 

It's a common problem.. when servicing wim images if the process is terminated in between the mounted image folder gets locked up.. I have added the option to cleanup the mount folder at the start and close operation.. but still some mounted registry files won't get deleted due to the termination of dism operation..

I use the unlocker to cleanup that folder.. you must do reboot once in order to get that folder to be deleted..