Changelog 2017

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Settings: Added Expand/Collapse buttons

Fix

Components: Win7 Shell Search removal was breaking Libraries
Components: Loading preset after opening compatibilities was crashing
Drivers: Inserting drivers from a directory named windows* would not show anything
Post-setup: Adding second Command through the UI would do nothing, false duplicate detection
UI: Tool visual style was not properly saved between restarts

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Unattended: Localized ‘Administrator’ account enabling support
Components: ‘Sync Host – Additional languages’ split from ‘Sync Host’
Post-setup: All file types allowed as non-executables, passive type (copied only)
UI-Updates: Better displayed name for some updates, like the Adobe Flash update
UI-Components: Prompt for rechecking sub-components now has a ‘Skip all’ option
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft), Chinese Traditional (Matt),
German (KrX), Arabic (thamermousa), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), Farsi (Mona mon), French (tistou),
Russian (Den-s), Spanish (Oleada), Italian (gabritb01), Dutch (Rene)

Fix

Source: ESD conversion setup.wim.wim error
Config: ‘Restore Photo Viewer’ preset saving
Components: ‘Sticky Notes’ removal was breaking ‘Maps’ app
Components: ‘Store’ sign-in requirement for ‘AAD Broker Plugin’ removed
Components: ‘Speech Recognition’ removal was breaking ‘On-Screen Keyboard’
Components: Driver class automatically protected if a driver of that class is protected
Components-RS3: Leftovers for ‘User Data Access service’, ‘Containers’, ‘Windows Media Codec’, ‘Defender’, ‘Zip folder’

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Components: Auto-cleanup of pending Windows file renames in Live edit
Components-Win10: ‘Edge’ removal could break setting default browser
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Diagnostics’ removes ‘Diagnostic Execution Service’
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Sounds’ removes more
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Windows Mail/CommunicationApps’ leftovers
Components-Win10RS3: ‘.NET WPF’ leftovers
Components: ‘.NET WPF Core’ split for Kaspersky UI and potentially others
Components-Win8.1: ‘HyperV’ leftovers
Presets: Right-click Open file location for presets
UI-Translation: Thanks for Spanish (Oleada), Dutch (Rene), Farsi (Mona mon), French (tistou), Arabic (thamermousa), Chinese Simplified (Gskening), Chinese Traditional (Matt), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), Spanish International (Eduardo), Italian (gabritb01)

Fix

Components-Win10RS3: ‘Fax’ and ‘Internet Printing Client’ detection fixed
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Edge Html’ removal could slow down MSC opening
Components-Win10: ‘Containers’ removal could cause app start filter error
Components-Win10: ‘Insider hub’ removal could break Store app download
Updates-Win7: SP1 existing package detection fixed
Sources: Expired feature subscription could cause skipped image saving

New

Post-setup: ‘Install VMware Tools’ template if VMWare detected on the host
Unattended: Boot to Audit mode Reseal option for easier base image auditing
Components-Win10: ‘Azure Active Directory’

Update

Components: Defrag does not need Bitlocker for partition Shrink operation
Components: ‘Microsoft Account’ and ‘Mixed Reality’ remove more
Source: List mounted images even if parent directory is removed for easier cleanup using unload
UI: Tooltips are displayed for a longer period of time
UI: Showing elapsed processing time in the complete message
UI-Translation: Thanks for Italian (gabritb01), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), French (tistou), Arabic (thamermousa)

Fix

Components: Win7 components detection was missing ‘Dvd Maker’ and ‘Games’
Components: ‘User Device Registration’ removal was breaking CU install on 1703 RTM
Components: Fix for 14393 blank screen on logon after some removals

New

Unattended: Skip Welcome Center (SkipUserOOBE), Skip Windows Welcome (SkipMachineOOBE)
Tweaks: ‘Quick access’
Tweaks: ‘Show frequently used folders in Quick access’
Tweaks: ‘Show recently used files in Quick access’
Tweaks: ‘Open File Explorer to’
Tweaks: ‘Hide folder merge conflicts’
Tweaks: ‘Use Sharing Wizard’
Tweaks: ‘Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar’
Tweaks: ‘Let Microsoft provide more tailored experiences with relevant tips and recommendations by using your diagnostic data’
Tweaks: ‘Include drivers with Windows Updates’
Tweaks: Prompt ‘Windows Update is on its way’ message
Components-Compatibility: ‘Samsung Switch’ protection option
UI-Translation: Thanks for Czech (Tom)

Update

Components: ‘Edge HTML core’ split from ‘IE Engine’
Components: Moved ‘Windows Update’ under ‘Windows Component Store’
UI-Translation: Thanks for Arabic (thamermousa), Chinese Traditional (Matt), Farsi (Mona mon), French (tistou),
Italian (gabritb01), Spanish (Oleada)

Fix

Components-Win8.1: ‘Core Metro Services’ removal login issue
Components-Win10: Sysprep generalize error after some app removals
Components-Win10: Skip error prompt if connected online while installing
Components-Win10.1703.332: ‘Bitlocker’ causing WinSetup.dll error during install
Source: Server 2008 R1 Core image loading

New

Components-Win10RS2: ‘Devices Flow’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Wi-Fi Direct Services Connection Manager Service’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Windows Mixed Reality’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the start button right-click menu’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Use Hotspot 2.0 Online Sign-Up to get connected’

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Components-Win10RS2: Associated Settings pages of the removed components are now hidden upon removal
Components-Win10: ‘User Data Storage and Access services’ was split into ‘User Data Access’, ‘User Data Storage’ and ‘Contact Data’
Components: gpedit.msc does not need ‘WMI Core’ any more
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft), Arabic (thamermousa), Spanish (Oleada), Portugues-Brasil (Igor)

Fix

Components-Win10RS2: Live app removal was breaking Sysprep Generalize
Components-Win10: ‘User Data Storage and Access services’ was breaking notifications
Components-Win10: ‘Windows Reader’ is renamed to ‘Windows PDF Engine’
Components: Leftovers for ‘Mobile Device Management’, ‘Media Streaming’, ‘Xbox App’, ‘Miracast’, ‘Paint’, ‘Point Of Service’

New

Apply: Image Tasks (easily automate tasks across other image editions)
Drivers: Live driver install
Source: Delete image edition context menu option
Components: ‘Active Directory’
Components: ‘App Readiness’
Components: ‘Browser window frame (IEFrame)’ split from IE Engine
Components: ‘Device Association Service’
Components: ‘DevQuery Background Discovery Broker’
Components: ‘Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)’
Components: ‘IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules’
Components: ‘Interactive Services Detection’
Components: ‘Network Connected Devices Auto-Setup’
Components: ‘Performance Counters’
Components: ‘Performance Logs and Alerts’
Components: ‘Windows Image Resource (SysWOW64)’
Components: “Legacy symbolic links”
Components: “Optional Features”
Components: “Remote Access Auto Connection Manager”
Components: “VPN Support”
Components: “Windows Connection Manager”
Components: “Windows Management Instrumentation” Providers, Core and Service
Components-Win10: ‘Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)’
Components-Win10: ‘KMS Connection Broker’
Components-Win10: ‘Storage Tiers Management’
Components-Win10: ‘Windows Insider Hub’
Components-Win7: WLAN compatibility option

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Apply: Page redesigned to accomodate Image Tasks, toolbar options moved to Updates and Drivers

New

General: Windows 10 1703 (10.0.15063 – Redstone 2) ‘Creators Update’ support
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let Windows track app launches to improve Start and search results’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let apps use Tasks’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let apps access diagnostic information’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let apps run in the background’

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UI-Translation: Thanks for Spanish (Oleada), Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft)

Fix

Components-Win7: ‘prnms001.inf’ removal fix (now lists both versions of the file)
Components-Win10: ‘Task Scheduler’ leftovers
Components-Win10: ‘Windows Store’ removal was breaking Edge (autoclosed itself)
Components-Win10RS2: ‘App Readiness’ locked to Live only