Ok, that explains that.I won't be upgrading past 1809 until the issue with removed components being restored is fixed - and it looks like that will never happen. So Cortana and Search are one. @MSMG has stated many times, removing Cortana does not break Windows Search. I have never had Cortana installed, but then I also disable the search bar on the task bar. Searching from an explorer Windows is all I need. And I rarely use that, but it works when I need it to. I can also use start/run (I use OpenShell menu) But my son (as he puts it), "doesn't want to have to endure the hassle of having to find a program on the start menu or remember names of programs" (Using the Windows 10 native menu I can understand that - it's a mess), so he wants a quick way to access stuff. Setting searchboxtaskbarmode to 2 is supposed to show the search box. What I get is setting it to 1 or 2 just displays the icon and I can't click it. nothing happens. Is this expected behavior when removing Cortana using the toolkit?
No LIVE tiles. I thought MSMG had ability to add/ remove such "components" - Or maybe this would be part of Missing Features Installer / MFI thread - would that be more fitting? MFI (Missed Features Installer) Repository Interesting.
1.I can't integrate new update files to Win 10 LTSC 2019 build 10.0.17763 release 1809... 2.before July 2020 updates , it was working like a charm 3.just integrate "Net 3.5" and "net 4.8" from feature option 4.then tried to update { [3] Integrate / [4] Windows Updates / [2] Integrate WHD Update Pack / [1] Integrate WHD General Updates / [4] Integrate to Windows Setup Boot, Install & Recovery Image } 5. toolkit says "The specified package is not applicable to this image" 6.Then I changed to last option [[4] Integrate to Windows Setup Boot, Install & Recovery Image }]to update only "Integrate to install" 7. toolkit says same message; "The specified package is not applicable to this image" is there any body who experienced same problem?? thanks to everybody
Yes there will be two edge, you can remove the old classic one. in v19042, the new Edge only gets installed on first boot and replaces the old classic one, I have added the option to remove the Edge Chromium which get's integrated with v20H2 Enablement package. Also Starting with next Toolkit version, there will be single Edge Chromium pack for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
Just use the 17763.1 image and integrate the necessary packs and remove the components then do integrate the updates or use the Windows Update. If choosing 1903/1909/2004/2009, do remember that the removed components get restored once the system or the image is updated.
Some parts of components are retained for compatibility options, only when the shared components are removed the component get fully removed. Like with the Map Control it retains some parts of it if the Photos App is not removed and when the Photos App is removed the retained parts of Map Control also gets removed. Which part of SmartScreen are left in Internet Browser?
Yes have tried the free version before, it's a more advanced tool which uses the DISM API for most of the image operation and it uses a custom mechanism for component removal and cleanup.
If you have not removed IE, then you can use a Custom Start Menu layout with a shortcut to IE in Taskbar.
WHD pack refers to Windows Hotfix Downloader repository, you can get more info here Nowadays the Microsoft DISM tool doesn't follow proper order to while integrating updates from a folder, so it's better you use the option WHD Update Pack integration and copy the required updates to the corresponding folders specified in the readme.txt, Use the WHD Tool to get the required updates. It's user's choice to integrates updates to boot and recovery images.
Both in v1809, v1903 or v1909 removing Cortana will break the Start Menu or Settings Search box but the Windows Explorer Search box will work, In v2004/v2009 everything works when Cortana is removed. The only option for v1809, v1903 or v1909 is to not remove the Cortana but to disable it.
I told you about this earlier. This is due to the fact that SmartScreen scans downloaded files in Internet Explorer and a message appears at the bottom of the screen!
MSMG Little bug report: Removing method ToolKitHelper_Template 1. Onedrive didn't removed 2. Cortana button on taskbar (nitpicking) Please add search removing option, the one on taskbar, or I can uninstall it from control panel? And as always, thank you for work, you're awesome dude, stay healthy in this dark times.
From what I've found in testing, disabling it doesn't disable it. Cortana and the SearchUI.exe still run and hammers the system, even with indexing turned off too. Once you kill Searchui.exe, rename it and it's systemapp folder, haven't you then just got to the same broken place? The other option it seems is to use openshell, which provides it's own search box. Does that rely on Windows search? I have Cortana removed on my PC and when I use the Openshell search it seems to work fine, and is quite fast. Or use Everything or Ransack - two other search programs. Anyway, it doesn't matter He says the sky would fall if he doesn't have Cortana as he "occasionally" speaks to it??
Just to confirm, I'm on 1809 (LTSC) and using OpenShell + Everything is a winning combination. Couldn't be happier with the speed.
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/msmg-toolkit.50572/page-793#post-1606110 Sent an 2020-07-25 updated file in the post above. Spoiler: CHANGELOG 2020-07-25 There was an error with an extra quote in the Edge removal lines, for some Custom Removal to make Specific Editions. First I thought about correcting it just by removing the extra quote. But I changed my mind and simply put it to remove the Edge directly on the command line to remove multiple components at once. I decided to make some changes mainly in the "Gamer Edition" (more components removed that can be added through the Windows Store), so I made changes in the other "Custom Editions" as well. But not in the "Accessibility Edition". I put some pauses in the custom integration steps "Integrate Custom Selection 8 7 6 5" so that you can see what happens. Fixed a registry error in my custom tweaks and added suggestions for use in the Windows Store, automatic installations in silent mode disabled. Autodownload - Update for installed apps enabled Thnks! Edit: 2020-07-31: Merged with new Toolkit 10.2