1. tnalinux

    tnalinux MDL Novice

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    anyone have a link to the older v8.8? thanks
     
  2. tnalinux

    tnalinux MDL Novice

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    thanks, just used to it, and prefer the settings.
     
  3. mhussain

    mhussain MDL Senior Member

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    ok then,
    keep it safe, I don't think i'll keep that link active for long.
     
  4. ezgera

    ezgera MDL Novice

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    hello again,

    i have a situation that i cannot find where the issue is.
    whenever i use MSGM tool V13 and above on win10 v 21h1 , 21h2, 22h1 . after i finish all my selections to keep or remove, once i apply changes and start building the Final iso, i kept observing the DVD folder, at the very end when the process is about to complete, the Setup.exe + autorun + support all 3 gets deleted from the DVD folder that copied for customization, and therefore the created ISO finishes also missing all 3 files, so no boot or anything
    i tried many many things for over 3 hours , nothing seem to work
     
  5. ezgera

    ezgera MDL Novice

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    everytime i select from source in the MSGM V13 and above, it says " this windows version does not support custom component removal ""
    maybe thats why the Setup.exe gets deleted while building the ISO
    using old version MSGM like 11.8 seems to fix the issue, even though newest MSGM versions have much more features but yeah
     
  6. Dude Guyman

    Dude Guyman MDL Senior Member

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    #27467 Dude Guyman, May 22, 2025
    Last edited: May 22, 2025
    Just a piece of "FYI" learned experience/trial and error from using MSMG for others. Now, I am not 100% sure this is the cause but it's the only thing I can think of.

    If you remove Telemetry from Windows 10 with this, it seems to break Windows Night Light (if you care). Doing so on an LTSC 21H2 iso resulted in Night Light not functioning, meanwhile using the otherwise much more "aggressive" Slimdown10 script on a regular Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2, which does not remove telemetry, the Night Light still works.

    That was the only down side to removing Telemetry that I found.
     
  7. mhussain

    mhussain MDL Senior Member

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    hi,
    you must retain the folowing component for your situation to not happen again.
    ManualSetup
    please report back telling us if this works for you.
    thanks!
    Majid
     
  8. mhussain

    mhussain MDL Senior Member

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    I sed once that I would never ask but
    msmg,
    toolkit,
    left us?
    is all well?
    tomorrow it will have been a full year since his last release.
    @MSMG, whereever you are sir, I hope your health and life is well.
    I don't want anything happening to you.
    you've given us so much for which I will be forever thankfull.
    thank you @MSMG.
     
  9. mhussain

    mhussain MDL Senior Member

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    since we don't know of msmg's status, a question.
    what are you all using to perform the same actions as msmg toolkit did?
    what apps are you using now?
     
  10. Feartamixg

    Feartamixg MDL Addicted

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    To exclude apps from my image, I am using UUP dump to stop most the apps I don't need from being installed. Of course I do miss the tweaks from MSMG's ToolKit, but I feel my current option works best for me right now.

    I really hope that we see @MSMG again and I honestly believe he may return. When he does return I hope he can continue his great work, but I do wonder if the ToolKit is now too much for him to continue alone.
     
  11. olris

    olris MDL Novice

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    Is there any news from the developer, will there be a new version of the Toolkit?
     
  12. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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    Dont think so, thread is abandonded from devs, last time online over a year ago.
     
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  13. Astanedol

    Astanedol MDL Novice

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    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?
     
  14. mhussain

    mhussain MDL Senior Member

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    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?
     
  15. mhussain

    mhussain MDL Senior Member

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    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.
     
  16. Astanedol

    Astanedol MDL Novice

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    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
     
  17. Astanedol

    Astanedol MDL Novice

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    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
     
  18. olris

    olris MDL Novice

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    Is there anything similar, besides the well-known ntlite?
     
  19. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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