MSMG ToolKit

It's better to use [HEY_ or [-HKEY_ while renaming since many windows reg keys have HKEY_ as subkey names in between.

Code:

    [hashtable]$equivalents = @{
    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE";
    "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE";
    "[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Classes";
    "[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Classes";
    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SYSTEM";
    "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SYSTEM";
    "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_NTUSER";
    "[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_NTUSER";
    "[HKEY_USERS\.Default" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_DEFAULT"}
    "[-HKEY_USERS\.Default" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_DEFAULT"} 

 

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DOS Batch scripting runs step by step and Toolkit just calls the DISM.exe to perform all image related operations except component removal.

The Toolkit does not have control over how the DISM.exe will process the operation, may be in DISM API there might be option to run parallel tasks.

 

No not tested with 19H2 yet, Yes WU is working but it restores the removed components, Need to test WU with previous updates been already installed.

Let me release a version, Will further tweak the component removal to fix any issues occurring.

 

Did you tried just the RunOnce procedure or else you can use the INF method to commands before the user creation like the one used in .NET FX 4.7 Pack for Windows 7.

Will try to add an option in Toolkit to import tweaks from registry file.

 

Instead of changing the drive letter, why don't you get the drive letter containing your script and assign it in your script.

Here's the command to get Optical driver letter in PowerShell

Code:

Get-CimInstance Win32_LogicalDisk | ?{ $_.DriveType -eq 5} | select DeviceID

Changing the Optical driver letter in PowerShell

Code:

# Set CD/DVD Drive to A:
$cd = $NULL
$cd = Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_CDROMDrive -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME -ErrorAction Stop
if ($cd.Drive -eq "D:")
{
   Write-Output "Changing CD Drive letter from D: to A:"
   Set-WmiInstance -InputObject ( Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_volume -Filter "DriveLetter = 'd:'" ) -Arguments @{DriveLetter='a:'}
}

or

Code:

# Set CD/DVD Drive to A:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_volume -Filter 'DriveType=5' |
  Select-Object -First 1 |
  Set-WmiInstance -Arguments @{DriveLetter='A:'}

 

Adding the reg commands directly to RunOnce should do your tasks

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Reg1"="REG ADD HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ReserveManager /v ShippedWithReserves /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"

Also You can use the SetupComplete.cmd method to run the reg commands too

And, here's a sample example to use the Inf method to execute the complex commands, in the below case I have used just the reg commands.

Save the below contents to a file CustromReg.inf under the Mounted Image <Windows\Inf> folder

Code:

;
; File Name: CustromReg.inf
; Windows Custom Registry Settings
;
; Version 1.1
;
[Version]
Signature=$Windows NT$

[DefaultInstall.ntx86]
RunPostSetupCommands=Register.CustromReg.x86
Cleanup=1

[DefaultInstall.ntamd64]
RunPostSetupCommands=Register.CustomReg.x64, Register.CustomReg.x86
Cleanup=1

; 32-bit Section
; %11% is System32 folder
[Register.CustomReg.x86]

; Disable Windows Update Reserve Storage Manager
%11%\Reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ReserveManager" /v "ShippedWithReserves" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

; Force .NET Programs to Use Newest .NET Framework
%11%\Reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework" /v "OnlyUseLatestCLR" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f

; Remove Windows Explorer Navigation 3D Objects
%11%\Reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}"

; 64-bit Section
; %11% is System32 folder
; %10% is SysWOW64 folder
[Register.CustomReg.x64]

; Remove Windows Explorer Navigation 3D Objects
%11%\Reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}"

Add the below entries to Image offline registry

For 32-bit

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"!0CustomReg"="rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection CustromReg.inf,DefaultInstall.ntx86,1,N"

For 64-bit

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"!0CustomReg"="rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection CustromReg.inf,DefaultInstall.ntamd64,1,N"

 

Use v9.3 for doing all tasks other than component removal.

 

Yes some keys needs to be properly checked by the user before using it in offline image.

I tested your PS code it seems not writing the replaced content, did you checked with the code

Code:

$input_values = Get-ChildItem -Path "*.reg"

foreach ($file in $input_values)
{
    [System.Collections.ArrayList]$content = Get-content -Path $file | Where { $_ -notmatch "^(\s+)?;|^\s*$" }
 
    [hashtable]$equivalents = @{
    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE";
    "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE";
    "[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Classes";
    "[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SOFTWARE\Classes";
    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SYSTEM";
    "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_SYSTEM";
    "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_NTUSER";
    "[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_NTUSER";
    "[HKEY_USERS\.Default" = "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_DEFAULT";
    "[-HKEY_USERS\.Default" = "[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TK_DEFAULT"} 

    [string]$output = ""
    [string]$newline = ""
    foreach($line in $content)
    {
        if ($line -match "^\[.*\]$")
        {
            foreach($key in $equivalents.Keys)
            {
                if ($line.Contains($key))
                {
                    $newline = $line.Replace($key, $equivalents[$key])
                    break
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            $newline = $line
        }
 
        $output += $newline + "`n"
    }
    $filename = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($file)
    $path =  [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($file)
    Set-Content -Path ($path + "\Converted_" + $filename) -Value $output
}

Used the below command from command line and the CustomRegistry folder contains a set of reg files

Code:

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\ConvertRegKeys.ps1 .\CustomRegistry