Not to step on McRip's toes because we all appreciate his hard work on providing great tools and updates... Alpha, can you make your program set up so it can download directly from Microsoft's servers? I'm sure there are good reasons why you chose not to. But having it as an option would be handy in situations like these. That way there could always a place to get guaranteed results and your program will always be relevant/functional.
Use DISM if he doesn't. Code: For a mounted WIM file. DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Set-Edition:ProfessionalWMC For active (alrdy installed) os. DISM.exe /online /Set-Edition:ProfessionalWMC /ProductKey:12345-67890-12345-67890-12345 /AcceptEula Spoiler Code: C:\Windows\system32>dism /online /set-edition /? Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.3.9600.16384 Image Version: 6.3.9600.16384 /Set-Edition:<edition_ID> [/ProductKey:<product_key>] [/AcceptEula | /GetEula:<path>] Use the /Set-Edition option to change an offline Windows image to a higher edition. You can also use /Set-Edition to change an online Windows Server operating system to a higher edition. The /ProductKey and /AcceptEula arguments are required for an online Windows Server operating system but cannot be used in any other scenario. Use the /AcceptEula argument to agree to the license terms for the higher edition. Use the /GetEula:<path> argument to choose a location to save the Eula, so that you can review it. Use the /Get-TargetEditions option to find the <edition_ID> to use with the /Set-Edition option. Examples: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Set-Edition:Professional DISM.exe /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /ProductKey:12345-67890-12345-67890-12345 /GetEula:C:\Users\Name\Desktop\Eula.rtf DISM.exe /online /Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter /ProductKey:12345-67890-12345-67890-12345 /AcceptEula C:\Windows\system32>
a little bug report: sorting by size doesn't seem to be working properly (i get MB before KB ie decending order, but size in numbers is ascending ie 1.3 MB before 13 MB which is before 320 KB) also sometimes i get MBs between KBs ie: 4.2 MB 4.9 MB 505 KB 8.5 MB 9.7 MB
Wohooo Thanks for this GREAT release. Now, source wise, the best solution is found! A HUGE - THANKS - to all involved!!!!
Finally, the dream comes true thanks Alphawaves Little Explanation: regarding the difference between Additional & Extra Categories, the reason for having those two categories is for better organizing and to ease the download process for the average user Additional Updates Category aims to include the "Special" updates that are common or most useful this includes: Updates for Specific Features that does not exists in All Windows Editions (or require installing it first as NetFx3 in Win8.1): Spoiler GroupPolicy IIS (Internet Information Services) MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queue) NFS (Network File System) SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) SUA (Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications) WindowsMediaCenter VM (Virtual Machine Drivers) // Windows 7 only NetFx3 (.NET Framework 3.5 Family) // Windows 8.1 only Hyper-V // Windows 8.1 only Updates or Packages that adds more features or have special functionality: Spoiler CameraCodecPack // Windows 8.1 only Not Integratable (Exclusive Updates for online live system) Platform (Platform Update 2670838) and its Updates SUR Tool (System Update Readiness tool) WAT (Windows Activation Technologies) WinHelp (WinHlp32 app for the legacy Windows Help format) WMF4.0 (Windows Media Foundation) and its updates RDC8.1 (Remote Desktop Client 8.1) and its Prerequisites and Updates RDP8.0 (Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0) and its Prerequisites and Updates WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment image) WUClient (Windows Update Client 7.6.7600.256) IE11 (Internet Explorer 11) including: Prerequisites (updates needs to be installed prior installing IE11) CABs (for integration offline or online) EXE (for standard online install) Updates (Cumulative security updates) ================================================================= Extra Updates Category will contain the rest of additional updates this includes: Packages that adds more features or have special functionality but not needed for most users: Spoiler DCA2.0 (DirectAccess_Connectivity_Assistant) and its updates File.Management.API Microsoft.Agent NT.Backup.Utility WIF (Windows Identity Foundation) and its updates MediaFeaturePack (for N and KN editions) MediaFormatFeaturePack (for N and KN editions) RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) and its updates AD LDS (Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services) and its updates VirtualPC and its updates French.Enterprise pl-pl (for Polish Windows 7) BrowserChoice (for EA users) Updates or Packages that has newer releases: Spoiler IE8 IE9 IE10 (same as IE11) WMF3.0 (Windows Media Foundation) and its updates
Bug: KB2726996 First of all, thanks for the update! I think I may have found a bug in relation to the download of an Office 2013 (x64) update. For KB2726996, it seems to download, but as soon as it finishes downloading, the file just disappears. The other files seem to download fine. So I'm not sure what's going on. Will post again if anything else comes up.
Thank you for posting that. I see what the problem is. Until the list is updated on the server, you can fix this easily: Close WHD. Go into the "UpdateLists" folder, open "Office2013-x64.xml" in a text editor, search for "KB2726996", change the "1" in the line <update extract="1"> just above <kb>KB2726996</kb> to a "0", save file, then try downloading it again with WHD. Make sure you don't select "Download Lists" for Office2013-x64.xml again or you'll overwrite the change you just made with a fresh copy of the list from the server. It'll be fixed in the list from the server soon. Thanks again for posting that.
Bug: KB2737985 Thanks PointZero! Found another small bug. Again with Office 2013 (x64), KB2737985 is named "proof.exe" on download and therefore it's not being picked up by WHD as downloaded (i.e. it doesn't have green highlighting).
OH So perfect Timing! I just started working on building my new iso's today, so happy to see this updated. I also would love to see the comeback automate core/pro to wmc core/pro tool that was in the early ones. Thank you to everyone whom helped with this Ps: Also needs a minimize/minimize to try option, cant minimise it when it's busy downloading.
First time user of your tool. The ''Select all'' click-right button doesn't work for the additional / extra categories. Going to use you app more in the future
Because they are updates that requires more attention, not to be downloaded as usual as the regular ones nevertheless, you can left click on Category name line which will highlight all category's updates, then left click on any update check box
Suggestion: KB2825652 Just one final thing. Now I know I am being pedantic, but anyway... For KB2825652, the filename (as downloaded) is "outlook.exe". Could I suggest that this be changed to the "proper" filename of "outlook2013-kb2825652-fullfile-x64-glb.exe". It makes it consistent with all the others, plus (at least for me) I use scripts to silently extract the MSPs based on the naming conventions. Thanks!
Thats depends on the original file name inside the distributed hotfix so even if we change the file name in the list, the downloaded / extracted file will get the original name