Please could you provide a mirror link to the Win32calc pack? Mega never works (keeps throwing some random JSON error!). Thanks
I wasn't making any judgements (Though IMHO I believe there are at least two issues that are more nefarious than they need to be). I simply posted it out of courtesy for those that might be interested. Each to his/her own. If it's what you want that is great. For me, location is disabled, and it's most definitely not what I want. We each have different priorities and needs. And that's fine. Edge and Chrome will never be allowed on any PC I control
Oh I know, and am fine with it. This is why there are different browsers. I like location information because when I am searching for something, say "pizza" I get restaurants near me rather then say, Numero Uno in Los Angeles!
i do deploy chrome for others. simply because its the norm. i gave up removing edge, until the entire removal mess is sorted i personally use firefox. what do you use? i also have chrome, because some sites just don't work with firefox.
No, you can't add back Cortana since there's no direct package available for integration But if you integrate the latest CU it will restore all the removed components. I hope you have read the readme.txt for v1909 that the removed components will be restored once the Windows Update is used or when the CU is installed manually.
Firefox Extended Support release, with the GPO set to prevent updates. Currently v68.5.0. If Netflix would stop upping the minimum version to access their library I'd probably hardly ever update. Each new release breaks or changes something that I have to spend too much time working around or reverting.
I'm having a bit of a problem: I've tried using TK v9.5.7 several times over the last few days, the main issue is that it doesn't build a complete ISO. Install.wim is there, but Setup.exe and some of the other files from the original ISO are missing. So basically, it's not installable, either in a virtual machine or a real, live install. The OSes I'm trying to customize are: Windows 10 Enterprise 1909 Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Both of these are original MSDN ISO (not legit, but the SHA1s match the values that Microsoft published). I'm following the steps from the most recent readme.txt in the Mega downloads folder (not the one in the 7z archive). And I'm using the latest Toolkit Helper from Mega. Net Framework 4.8 is installed. I have removed components, integrated components, customized, but that's pretty much it. No driver/updates integration. Everything goes fine right up to building the ISOs. No errors, it builds fine. But they all have the issue I've mentioned above. I'm not sure what to do to resolve this, except maybe wait patiently on a new TK release. Thanks for any help!
@MSMG: I did keep a list of removed components, but not integrated ones. And the TK deleted the logs after I exited, so I couldn't get a copy. In future TK versions, please don't delete the logs on exit, in case of issues. They normally don't take up much space anyway. I will try another test run tonight on my LTSC ISO. But there is one thing I should mention that could be playing a factor: I first used the TK GUI to remove components from each category. Afterwards I selected the option to delete apps/components with a list, which presumably uses a combination of Toolkit Helper and Dism. I also edited the components/apps list template files, to only remove things that hadn't already been removed with the GUI. Sure enough, it caught some extras that the GUI missed. But I do wonder if using both might be the root cause of my issue. I will have to try 2 test runs, first with both options used, and 2nd with only the GUI used to remove. However, I had done this in past TK versions with no issues. Thanks again!
Do not use both the options to remove the components either use the Menu or the Package list method and also using Package list don't use both the ToolKitHelper and DISM entries, either use one.
@MSMG: OK, first I'll try a run with only the GUI. And then another run with just the apps list/package list template. if either or both runs generate an incomplete ISO, then the issue is within the TK, not my method. i just figured using both wouldnt hurt, since the apps/package list approach covers some components that the GUI misses. But mostly i get "component already removed". Does one have an advantage over the other? Do both methods cover all apps/components regardless of which is chosen? And in regards to TK Helper removal vs Dism, which is better? I'm also going to make the assumption that Windows shouldnt be allowed to update because removed components will return. At least, judging by recent comments. Thanks!
Do specify the components the Toolkit CUI is not removing but gets removed with using the list method. The ToolKitHelper.exe method of removal is the best compared to DISM. Yes using Windows Update or manual update installation, the removed components (except Windows Apps) will be returned.
Without meaning to put any pressure on you, do you think this removal --> restored issue will ever be solved? I'm planning to move as many PCs as I can off Windows to Linux, which I'm currently testing, but my sons will always want to use Windows no matter how bad it is because of the fear of change and a learning curve. So, for them, I'm wondering if I should start writing a script that re-removes or at the very least re-disables everything that gets restored that I can run after each CU. Given all updates here are controlled via WSUS, I could see myself not installing every CU. Microsoft breaks something with every CU, and typically takes 2 -4 months to fix the things they keep breaking, so maybe I will just move to installing CU's once every 3 months.