Questions tagged [dism]
Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) is a command-line tool that can be used to service a Windows® image or to prepare a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) image. DISM can be used to service a Windows image (.wim) or a virtual hard disk (.vhd or .vhdx).
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Installing Windows 7 x64 on a computer with only USB 3 ports
I am installing Windows 7 x64 on a HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFF that only has USB 3 and USB Type-C ports.
Initially, upon booting the USB install media, the USB keyboard and mouse wouldn't work - this ...
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How to check if Windows Feature is installed and enabled with DISM.exe?
How to check if Windows Feature is installed and enabled with DISM.exe?
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What is the purpose of the DISM /RestoreHealth parameter and SFC?
What is the purpose of the DISM /RestoreHealth parameter and the SFC /ScanNow parameter?
How do they correlate to one another?
In what order should they be run?
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How will DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth affect my current configuration?
I have two computers (win10x64 and win7x86) that completely freeze from time to time (black screen), and the only solution is to unplug them.
If I use DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth, how ...
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Windows 10 DISM error: 0x800f081f
I have been trying to run sfc /scannow in cmd but have been unsuccessful. Therefore, after some research on the Internet, I turned to the following command:
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth ...
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How to run DISM against a local source?
How can I run DISM agaisnt a USB Windows installer to repair my local Windows files?
This is what I tried in Windows 8.1:
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
It returns error 0x800f081f:
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What is the most efficient, native way to image a Windows partition?
What is the most efficient, native way to image a Windows partition?
Is the native method generally the best method for most users?
How does the native method differ from conventional cloning?
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Windows 10: Why Does CBS.log Say Directory Is Owned Twice or Has Its Security Set Twice?
On my system, C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log contains these lines:
2019-10-08 02:00:48, Info CSI 0000008e Warning: Overlap: Directory \??\C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\en-US\ is owned ...
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Use DISM on different parition
I am trying to repair a corrupted windows installation which is on a separate local drive d: using DISM but I cannot find any information on how to run DISM to a repair a windows installation which is ...
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DISM to Capture Entire Disk As-Is
In short: Is it possible to leverage dism to capture an image of an entire disk as-is, akin to taking an image with Ghost, GParted, PartedMagic, CloneZilla etc.?
I've got a shiny new machine and ...
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DISM /StartComponentCleanup fails, but /ScanHealth reports healthy
My WinSxS cleanup task was giving the "Last Run Result" of The component store has been corrupted. (0x80073712). No problem, to elevated command prompt and DISM.
>DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /...
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How can I add my product key permanently to a Windows 10 install USB drive?
Good evening,
I am trying to activate a Windows 10 IoT Enterprise CBB install permanently with its license key by using the DISM tool.
I have found this topic which explains how to do it (mounting ...
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Windows 10 DISM cannot find files, even with ISO mounted
After running sfc /SCANNOW in my Windows 10 Pro installation, and getting
"Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix
some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log
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"Pkgmgr is deprecated" error while installing Windows Media Player
While installing WMP or Sony PC Companion, the installation gives the same error that is:
Note: The PkgMgr.exe has been deprecated. Please update your scripts to use dism.exe to extract, install, ...
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Why does Diskpart tell lies in WinPE?
I'm working on producing a scalable imaging process with Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry pro. The hardware is a small form-factor Jetway PC motherboard with a UEFI compatible BIOS.
I boot the box using ...
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DISM error 87 the add-package option is unknown
I am attempting to manually install Windows update KB2999226. I have extracted the msu file, but when attempting to install the .cab file through dism, I get the following error.
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DISM fails with 'There is not enough space on the disk.' while capturing an image
I use DISM to capture images and store them on a network disk. I use a standard 32bit WinPE 4.0 environment to capture them.
My current path was set to i:\images and I executed the following command:
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Can dism be run with all features on windows 7
I've tried running dism from folder C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\x86\DISM on Windows 7 SP1 (32 bit).
I still get limited command options and error ...
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Force DISM to unmount/delete a mounted Windows WIM
I use DISM to customize and update images that I deploy to our computers. I do this on an external drive because its really heavy on I/O. A while ago I appear to have left the image mounted in my F ...
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dism.exe error on driver .cab installation
I'm trying to install .cab file on Windows 8.1. The file contains a driver and was downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. File's path is e:\audio.cab and I use the following command (in ...
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Can't add .NET3.5 to Windows 8.1 using DISM
The same command line that works fine on Windows 8 PCs doesn't work on Windows 8.1 PCs.
DISM.exe /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\sxs
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DISM: Error 2 The system cannot find the file specified - during /Cleanup-Image
I was trying to get rid of old Windows Update files by running:
Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore.
I am getting Error: 2 'The system cannot find the file specified'.
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DISM and Dependencies
Is there a way to list out dependencies for each feature that you want to install via DISM?
E.g. if I wanted to install IIS-ASPNET, I will need to install IIS-BasicAuthentication and IIS-Core (or ...
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Windows update fails with error 80073712, how to fix?
I have a laptop with Windows 8.1. Since patch Tuesday, it mysteriously freezes for about 4 minutes shortly after every bootup. There's barely enough time to log in before it happens. I tried a System ...
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Disable Windows 8.1 Component Store (WinSxS/DriverStore) automatic compression?
Windows 8.1 has a new Scheduled Task (Servicing\StartComponentCleanup) which will automatically delete or compress superseded and unused files from the Side by Side store, DriverStore and drivers ...
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How do I fix the errors listed in this CheckSUR.log file?
I'm trying to update my Windows 7 machine using Windows Updates but I'm continually getting error 800B0100 (similar to whats reported here, here, and here). After taking several steps mentioned in ...
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"We couldn’t complete the updates. Undoing changes" endless loop
I need help, everytime I start/restart/shutdown my computer, it tries to install Windows Updates and fails, and showing this:
I am able to boot into my computer normally and use it without problems ...
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WinSxS folder minimizing with DISM online /SPSuperseded vs DISM online /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
In order to minimize WinSxS folder you can use the following DISM commands:
dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
Using the /ResetBase switch with the /...
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Windows 10 Upgrade: Stops at 23% without error, Dism not mounting boot.wim WIM Image
I am attempting an OS Upgrade Windows 8.1 Pro -> Windows 10 Pro.
The Problem
The installer does not give a message apart from saying that it failed at roughly 23%, opening the setuperr.log, I get ...
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SFC found errors, DISM named the errors, but how can I fix them on Windows 7?
My computer crashed while running an old game not really meant for Windows 7. After every unexpected shutdown, I run sfc /scannow and this time it came back with errors. A long log, 12000 lines of ...
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How to upgrade to a specific build of windows 10
So, I have a Windows 10 installation that has all kinds of issues.
It's running Windows 10 Enterprise, 10.0.17134.1130 (x64)
I'm trying to restore this with DISM, using another installation of ...
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Fixing Windows Update being unable to install updates while sfc and dism are unusable
At some point in the lifetime of my PC Desktop system I got two bluescreens in a row while playing video games. Following that I managed to stop the system from crashing by rewireing all hardware but ...
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How to mount a WIM image as a drive letter in Windows?
I want to mount a WIM image as a new drive letter on Windows 10.
As follows from Microsoft documentation for DISM Image Management Command-Line Options, DISM can only mount a WIM image to an ...
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Why do these configuration file exclusions work with DISM /Capture-Image but not the New-WindowsImage cmdlet?
I am trying to create a configuration file to define exclusions for an image capture as described in DISM Configuration List and WimScript.ini Files. The exclusion rules seem to be ignored when I ...
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component store is corrupted - 0x800f081f
I had problem install windows update.
I found in event log problem with component store.
First I check component store with Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool.
Scanhealth
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Can dism /restorehealth be used to restore from a mounted 8.1 ISO?
On my x64 Lenovo z580 laptop with Windows 8.1 x64, I was trying to install KB2919355 when I encountered the error 80073712 which translates to component store corruption.
Since then, I have run the ...
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Can you mount a .wim image using DISM?
I created a custom script to mount a sysprepped Windows 7 .wim image to a directory so I can edit a specific file in the image and then unmount it. The script seems to work just fine; however, each ...
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How to stop Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup?
I have a Windows Server 2026 that executes Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup now for more than one day.
This task is executed by TiWorker.exe. I read that it is not save to ...
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Upgrade Windows installation from command line [DISM/ImageX]
One of the most amazing things I learnt on this site is how to install Windows without using the setup, from the command line.
Now I want to upgrade an Windows 10 build 10240 installation (on an ...
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DISM Error 2 with custom Windows 7
I am trying to add storage drivers to a company customized version of Windows 7. I am able to mount this image using imagex, but when I try to put the drivers in using DISM, i get the following error:
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Windows 8 - DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Crashes - Error Code 0x800F0906
Background Info:
I have a virtual copy of Windows 8 Pro x64 running on Oracle Virtual Box.
When I try to install update KB2977766-X64, I receive error code 0x80073712. This occurs when I use both ...
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sfc /scannow: What does "Duplicate ownership for directory" mean and how do I fix it?
I'm running WIndows 10 version 1709 (OS Build 16299.248). When I run sfc /scannow, it results in:
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix
some of them. Details are ...
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Cannot install Windows 10 Creator update: "something went wrong" error code 0x800703ed
I have an older Lenovo Thinkpad that I dual boot Win10 & Kali Linux on. I cannot get the "Creator's Edition" update to install. The error code I keep getting is 0x800703ed
So far I have:
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Is Task Scheduler's StartComponentCleanup the exact same utility/process as dism.exe's StartComponentCleanup?
I have a computer that I can only access remotely, and running a scheduled Microsoft/Windows/Servicing/StartComponentCleanup with Task Scheduler seems to timeout after several hours. However, when I ...
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Dism option difference: /mount-image vs /mount-wim
what is differrence between this two methods of image manipulation of dism from windows 8.1?
dism /Mount-Wim:image.wim ...
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dism /Mount-Image:image.wim ...
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How do I locate uncorrupted versions of corrupted files after running sfc /scannow
I had some corrupted system files. I have run sfc /scannow several times, and Dism ... RestoreHealth (followed by sfc /scannow again). This has fixed nearly everything, but I am left with the ...
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DISM /Cleanup-Image actual documentation
Where is actually DISM /Cleanup-Image documented?
DISM /Cleanup-Image is mentioned in different pages e.g. https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/repair-a-windows-image?...
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How do I remove windows features from disk in windows 7
This article says that one can use DISM /Remove to remove features from disk, changing the status to "Disabled with Payload Removed" instead of just "Disabled." When I tried, it said:
C:\Windows\...
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how can I do incremental backups using DISM in Windows 10?
How can I do incremental backups of folders using dism tool in Windows 10?
Using dism one can create wim images from folders.
dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:D:\MyFolder.wim /CaptureDir:C:\MyFolder /...
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Windows Update frozen bootloop, can't remove update using DISM
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 14393.187
PC: Asus M51AC-FR034S
Hardware: Intel Core i7 4770S; Asus GTX 760; 16GB DDR3 1333MHz
Storage: 1TB HDD; 240GB SSD (Samsung 850 Evo)
After 35 days of uptime, fearing ...
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