MSMG ToolKit

A note for people having issues with using Toolkit

* Integrate Windows Language Packs not working : For Windows 10 UUP generated source images if the Toolkit gives package file WinPE-Setup-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~%PackageArchitecture%~~%PackageVersion%.%PackageServicePackBuild%.cab not found then it requires the specified parent package from the WADK WinPE kit.

Do not rename the WinPE-Setup-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~%PackageArchitecture%~%LanguagePackCode%~%PackageVersion%.%PackageServicePackBuild%.cab since they are both different packages

E.g.

WinPE-Setup-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1.cab (Base Package)
WinPE-Setup-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1.cab (Language Pack Package)

* Windows 11 Apps not getting integrated : Some Apps requires the source image to be updated with minimum cumulative update version before integrating the app. Some Apps like the new Groove Music App requires the old version of the App to be removed before integrating the new one since the old version is higher than the new one.

* Windows Update not working : Make sure you have used the source image with the right version of cumulative update specified in the changelog, with using newer version of cumulative update other than the specified in the changelog then there are chances of new packages related to removed components being not removed which can cause the future Windows Updates to fail.

* Integrate Windows Updates not working : Using the Integrate Windows Updates menu leaves the integrating order to DISM which often fails with present day updates, better use Integrate WHD Updates Menu to integrate updates, have future plans to merge these two menus.

* SFC Errors : The monthly refreshed source images provided by the Microsoft does contain the ghost SFC bug and the same applies to the Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 official ISO's too.

 

Have updated the website with new download link and have uploaded these new packs

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 Pack (Windows 7/Server 2008 R2) with .NET 4.8 KB5010457 (4.8.4480.1)
Microsoft .NET 6.0.1 Desktop Runtime Pack (Windows 7/Windows 8.1/Windows 10)
Microsoft Windows PowerShell 7.2.1 Pack (Windows 7/Windows 8.1/Windows 10)
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Pack (Windows 7/Windows 8.1/Windows 10/Windows 11) with VC++ 2022 (14.31.31103.0) Runtime

 

Since Windows 10 LTSC 2021 does not use the 19041.1 as the base image, It requires removal of more sub packages which I have added in the upcoming version. Will be checking the tool with the next Tuesdays update to see if it passes the WU.

Is the source image language is non English and did you removed any of these packages, if yes then language resource package files for these component aren't removed which may also be the reason for the WU fail.

Code:

OfflineFiles
OpenSSH
RemoteDesktopClient
RemoteDifferentialCompression
SimpleTCPIPServices
TelnetClient
TFTPClient
RemoteDesktopServer
RemoteRegistry
WorkFoldersClient
ProjFS
StorageSpaces

 

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1) Using Integrate Windows Updates menu gives the control to DISM to choose the order of the updates integration but this won't work as expected due to the way the MS has made the update integration to be more complex.

Using Integrate WHD Update Pack menu the Toolkit controls the order of the updates integration.

2) [J] - Cleanup the Source Image using [Apply->Cleanup Source Images] menu removes or compress the superseded components to reduce space but with recent Windows 10 images using this feature causes a ghost SFC error which gets clear once the SFC /SCANNOW is run after the installation.

[L] - Apply & Save Changes to Source Images using [Apply->Apply & Save Changes to Source Images menu should be used as a last step to save all the changes made to the image.

 

Yes I have made the changes you have specified in that post.