$WNDOWS.~BT and $WNDOWS.~LS getting created automaticaly in my OS

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  1. LiuBang

    LiuBang MDL Member

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    #1 LiuBang, Feb 8, 2022
    Last edited: Feb 8, 2022
    so it goes like this
    i installed an edited windows 7 image that was a legit microsoft image and updated
    i did afew changes then captured it
    now when i install it i find these 2 folders, these 2 folders weren't in it when i captured it
    Untitled.jpg
    ($WNDOWS.~BT and $WNDOWS.~LS)
    so they get automaticaly created
    i don't know why they are created
    so i need an option of 2
    1- prevent them from getting created
    2- initiating a command once the OS get installed to delete them
    they seem to be created from the install.wim because of something i don't know
    so i went to option 2
    i found a command that would delete them and here it's:
    takeown /F C:\$Windows.~BT\* /R /A
    icacls C:\$Windows.~BT\*.* /T /grant administrators:F
    rmdir /S /Q C:\$Windows.~BT\
    takeown /F C:\$Windows.~LS\* /R /A
    icacls C:\$Windows.~LS\*.* /T /grant administrators:F
    rmdir /S /Q C:\$Windows.~LS\

    i tried putting it in the setupcomplete.cmd like this :
    @echo off
    takeown /F C:\$Windows.~BT\* /R /A
    icacls C:\$Windows.~BT\*.* /T /grant administrators:F
    rmdir /S /Q C:\$Windows.~BT\
    takeown /F C:\$Windows.~LS\* /R /A
    icacls C:\$Windows.~LS\*.* /T /grant administrators:F
    rmdir /S /Q C:\$Windows.~LS\

    and guess what happened!
    nothing
    i tried then in a win 10 image (captured image and suffers from $WNDOWS.~LS only )
    and guess what happened!

    voila
    nothing!

    now there is 1 of cases happened
    1- the setupcomplete.cmd not intiated at all because the image captured (i don't know if this is possible)
    2- the setupcomplete.cmd intiated but the folders got created after it's intiation

    i don't know really what to do

    but the object is simple,it's either they don't get created or give me a command or anything that will auto delete them once the OS gets installed

    if you did read all that then i have to salute you and thank you because reading all that is really an effort
    if someone could help because i ran out of hair to pull out
    PS:i'm using autounattend
     
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  3. LiuBang

    LiuBang MDL Member

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    can't i just put a command in the setupcomplete.cmd or the autounattend.xml to delete them once the OS gets installed
    and will this command get initiated after their creation or before

    i know that i sound stupid but it's just because i'm tired of putting stuff together and redoing alot of steps because of forgetting stuff because most of the time i don't list what i want to do