Hello! Can anyone who has done a very easy Windows 10 22H2 share their proven RemovePkgsList.txt list for the latest OS versions? And also explain, this list specifies both apps and packages... If this list narrows both, then another file RemoveAppsList.txt - can I not use it? I don't quite understand some points: For example, on an already installed system, I removed the User Experience Desktop package, and MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS was automatically removed along with it. I did not notice any problems in the system after that. But I do not find User Experience Desktop in the examples... maybe it has a different name in the list?
what was the exact name of the package you removed? once you can tell us this information, i'll try to find it, how did you remove this package?
replying to myself, found where you removed the spesified package list from, c:\windows\serviceing\packages. here are the packages I found, Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794.cat Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794.mum microsoft-windows-userexperience-desktop-package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912.cat microsoft-windows-userexperience-desktop-package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912.mum Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1.cat Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1.mum Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794.cat Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794.mum Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912.cat Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912.mum remove the .mum and the .cat file extentions from these, filenames, then paste in RemovePkgsList.txt so should look something like this. Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794 Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794 microsoft-windows-userexperience-desktop-package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912 microsoft-windows-userexperience-desktop-package-Wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912 Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1 Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1 Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794 Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5794 Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912 Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.5912 in toolkit remove packages using option 3 in remove submenu. you will be given an option remove using dism or remove using toolkit-helper. choose the dism methord. the packages above will be removed.
I have already found the answers to my questions. To make it clearer, I will explain: Initially, I tried to remove the UserExperience-Desktop package on the installed system using the DISM command. Just to check if this method works. The package was removed, and along with it, the MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS package was automatically removed. Then I wanted to remove UserExperience-Desktop from the image in MSMG ToolKit. Since I have not used it before, I had some difficulties understanding how to do this correctly, but I figured it out. As a result, UserExperience-Desktop was removed from the image, and along with it, MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS was automatically removed, just like it was on the running system. Thus, I found the answer to my question - will MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS be removed along with UserExperience-Desktop? Yes. I didn't use the full package name in the RemovePkgsList.txt file, I specified this name and it worked. Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package I'm running the latest Windows 10 Pro 19045.5859
Now I have the following problem - I can't remove any applications by list. I see many examples where full names, short names, or abbreviated names are used. Somewhere they are added to the RemovePkgsList.txt file, and somewhere to RemoveAppsList.txt, but wherever I add them, and which option of removing by list I don't use, it always says that the package has already been removed. Where would be the right place to put such a list? EdgeChromium OneDrive SecurityCenter CloudExperienceHost Edge EdgeDevToolsClient OOBENetworkCaptivePortal OOBENetworkConnectionFlow SmartScreen WindowsDefender WindowsReaderPDF Microsoft.BioEnrollment PeopleExperienceHost WebView2 Runtime Skype ORTC
These wil atleast slim down the OS alot, slimdown will also integrate win updates Windows 10 telemetry repository thread (freddie-o https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...lemetry-repository.63874/page-66#post-1686849) Slimdown10 and slimdown10 continued
add these packages to RemovePkgsList.txt the same answer to packages that you wish to remove using dism. choose the relevent option.
a question, will msmg toolkit component removal work with later builds of windows 10? that is to say a image that is completely up to date? windows update will be removed. Majid
It didn't work on the latest 22H2 editions. I downloaded the latest image for today 19045.5854, integrated the latest cumulative update 1979, thus receiving the latest edition for today 19045.5859. However, you can only remove anything from it using the DISM tool, and not everything is removed correctly, many commands are not processed, giving a message that the package has ALREADY been removed (although it remains in the image). The built-in utility does not work at all - it causes an error after a long wait about lack of access, or also "already removed". It is impossible to remove with its help not only from the list, but also in the interactive menu (where you put +/-), and even regular applications, for example, Skype ... After long attempts to do something with .5859, I spat, downloaded the image 19045.4291 (which is fully supported by the latest version of the MSMG Toolkit), and everything works in it. I have already removed several system packages, installed the system on a test computer, and made sure that everything works. So I want to try installing security updates on this version, if it works, and I will not install cumulative updates.
1. My preferred method is to use MSMG to add my mainboard and network driver and a few custom files, wallpapers, HOSTS, KMS, Roboto Mono Fonts, etc. but nothing removed, then use Slimdown10 original v2.02 with a few custom tweaks to that script to remove all the crap. 2. Or if using LTSC, just use MSMG to add my mainboard and network driver and a few custom files, wallpapers, HOSTS, KMS, Roboto Mono Fonts, etc. and disable Defender and Cortana. Both result in a nice clean OS, with the Simdown10 way being slightly newer and even more "stripped" than LTSC. There are a few personal preference type things in the script, like disabling all Windows sounds, adding OpenShell and disabling default Windows Start, switching it to use classic notification popups, disabling Software Protection Services which causes "error/warnings" (harmless) in Event Viewer, etc. so spending some time to "learn and tweak" the script is advised, if you're picky like me. You don't need to know scripting, just have the sense to understand what it says and how to remove what you don't like. The end result is nice and clean without any breakage though, so worth the time. Many options have a "set OptionName=1" (1=on, 0=off) toggle at the beginning of the script, but for the ones that don't... Example if you don't want classic notifications, change: Code: REM Use classic notifications Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" /v "EnableLegacyBalloonNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul to ( anything after ":: " on a line is invisible/ignored to the script): Code: :: REM Use classic notifications :: Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" /v "EnableLegacyBalloonNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul
Hi to everyone. how i can add WMIC component to windows 11 24H2 install image with MSMG Toolkit? Thanks :-D
What are the correct steps to use both MSMG and Slimdown? For example, do I have to create a new Windows ISO after finish using MSMG and then extract it again when using Slimdown? I'm new to this. Thanks.
Greetings, forum! I was wondering if anyone happens to know how to create a .tpk file for MSMG Toolkit packs. I haven’t been able to find detailed documentation on how to properly structure or build these .tpk files. If anyone has experience creating them—or can point me to any templates or guides—I would truly appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.
hi! from what I recall, .tpk files are .wim files renamed. so what I suspect deer msmg would have done is capture cirten directories of the programme in question, capture the reg enteries using something like reg from app or something while installing the programme then one applieing the .tpk to the image index then somehow applieing the reg file. don't quote me on the reg file part however. I hope this is of help to you sir Majid Hussain