Changelog 2022

December 19, 2022

2.3.9.9020

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Components: ‘Insider Preview program’ removal in Win11 22H2 Preview builds could cause Explorer crash on logon

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December 11, 2022

2.3.9.9018

New

Components: ‘WebView2 Runtime’ in newer cumulative updates (placeholder inserted if not existing yet)
New-Source: Preliminary Server 2022 22H2 build 20349 support

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Drivers: Allow integration of INF files made for service drivers, usually without a specified architecture
Components: WMI – Command line utility (WMIC) split from WMI Core
Components: Moved ‘WMI Core’ pieces to ‘WMI Service’ to not be needed for a proper File Explorer reset by installers,
and for ‘taskkill’ functionality
Components: NCSI removal now does not cause disconnected from internet tray icon
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Fix

Components: ‘EFS – Feature’ removal was causing ‘Open with’ crash on Win11 22H2
Components: ‘Windows Defender’ removal in ‘Remove Reinstalls’ DISM-mode had leftovers

November 22, 2022

2.3.9.9002

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ISO: ‘Prompt for any key before booting’ Apply – Create ISO – suboption, disable to not prompt for any key, always boot directly

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Components: Faster live (C:\Windows) app removals
Components: ‘Disk Quota’ 32-bit split, 64-bit version needed for ZoneAlarm installer among other things
Components: ‘Wi-Fi Direct Services Connection Manager Service’ moved under ‘Bluetooth’, needed for adding devices
Components: ‘Yubikey’ compatibility renamed and upgraded to ‘Biometric’, now includes Biometric/Fingerprint support and PIN sign-in protections
Components: ‘Telemetry Client’ and ‘System Guard’ leftovers
Components: ‘OneSettings Client’ better split from ‘Insider Program’ and added to Store compatibility due to RuntimeBroker dependency
Settings: ‘Show accent color on Start and taskbar’ setting returned
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Fix

Components: ‘Event Viewer’ removal was breaking Event Log service startup
Components: Error 2 on driver removal on rare occasions (confirmed on an Italian Win10 ISO)
Components: App removal in DISM-only mode was causing error 8007042B during self-upgrade (Host refresh) migration
Components: ‘Manifest Backup’ removal leftovers in some cases
Components: ‘Static Font Cache’ detection after removal
Components: ‘Wallet Service’ split into app ‘Microsoft Pay’ and support ‘Wallet Service’
(to allow parallel removal for those using DISM mode for app removal instead of removal in two sessions)
Components: ‘Windows Mail’ split into app ‘Mail and Calendar’ and support ‘Windows Mail’
(make sure to re-uncheck these if you were deep-removing apps before)
Components: ‘IKE and AuthIP’ added to SFC compat, to remove confusion why it’s sometimes still on the list

November 1, 2022

2.3.8.8978

Fix

Source: Deleting read-only ESD file edition
Components: Win10 UAC removal was breaking Nvidia driver cpanel, if removed before first driver install, recent regression
Components: ‘Windows Insider Program’ removal was hiding Windows Update page
(+manual fix for existing installs on the forum)

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October 26, 2022

2.3.8.8974

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Components: ‘Web Threat Defense Service’
Components: ‘Windows Recovery – Cloud Restore’
Components: ‘Device Association Framework – Providers’
Components: ‘Microsoft Client License Flexible Platform’
Components: ‘Brokering File System’ (Win11 22H2+)

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Components: ‘Media Streaming’ expanded and split to include ‘Transmitter’ and ‘Receiver’ subgroups
Components: ‘Temporary files and cache’ now includes icon cache
Components: ‘Language Pack Setup’ removal leftovers
Components: Emojis popup now works with ‘Touch Service’ kept, not reliant on ‘Snipping tool’ any more
Components: Win11 build 25217+ ‘System Reset’ component detection
Components: Win11 22H2 removal leftovers (continuation of adaptation, license date the same):
Autopilot
Diagnostics
Email and accounts (Microsoft.AccountsControl)
Event Viewer
Help file support (CHM)
Provisioning
Tablet PC
Windows Update
Components: Host Refresh compatibility option now listed for deployed target (e.g. C:\Windows) as well
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Fix

Components: ‘Accessibility tools’ removal was causing Fortnite and Overwatch 2 issues
(+manual fix for existing installs on the forum)Components: ‘Application Compatibility’ removal was breaking Bluetooth support
Components: ‘Appx Deployment Service’ removal was breaking Notepad app opening files
Components: ‘Biometric Feedback’ removal was causing LogonUI error on sign off in Win11 22h2
Components: ‘Enterprise Data Protection’ removal was causing ‘Open With’ not opening on a file properties Change button
Components: ‘Tablet PC On-screen keyboard’ removal was breaking typing in some cases
Components: ‘Windows Insider Program’ now also removes its Settings page within Windows Update
Components: ‘Windows Setup’ live removal was causing BSOD in Win11 22h2
Unattended: Server 2019 evaluation edition empty product key was causing install error
UI: Various rare UI crash fixes
Build 8972->8974:
Components: CTFMon error in some cases after Remove Reinstalls with certain keyboard combinations

October 5, 2022

2.3.8.8945

New

Source: Windows 11 22H2 22623.730 Beta Preview support
Settings: ‘Start layout’ (More pins or recommendations option)
Settings: ‘SMB authentication rate limiter’

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Updates: boot.wim and ISO Sources folder are now actively synced to have same versions of files needed for setup
Components: Win11 22H2 ‘Windows Update’ was needed for Store to update apps, now only WU Service is needed
Components: Win11 22H2 ‘Windows Update’ was needed for Activation, now only WU Service is needed
Components: Win11 22H2 ‘Application Identity Service’ was needed for Activation, not any more
Components: ‘Media Foundation’ 32-bit split (64-bit needed for ZuneMusic aka Windows Media Player)
Components: Win10 ‘Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service’ split from ‘Tablet PC’, needed for Emoji popups. Not removable on Win11.
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Fix

Updates: Integrate apps then clean pending changes so all integrations stick in a single session with removals
Updates: KB5012170 download error 12029
Updates: Server 2022 cumulative update re-integration missing files at the end of the process
Components: Win11 22H2 QuietHours merged with PushNotifications as it is needed for Settings-Notifications since Win11 22h2
Components: ‘Undocked Update Stack’ merged with ‘Windows Update’, too reliant
Components: Template load was skipping some components in recent updates
Drivers: Driver hardware list detection fix, all existing drivers were ‘not found’ in recent updates
UI: Bitlocker re-check crash fix
UI: User Post-setup selection for non-English UI

September 21, 2022

2.3.8.8920

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Updates: Windows 11 22H2 Dynamic Update (KB5016877 and KB5017590) support

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Updates: Filtering .Net Framework 4.8.1 package on boot.wim, not applicable

September 20, 2022

2.3.8.8916

New

Updates: .NET Framework 4.8.1 added to the update lists as an optional upgrade (for Win10 20H1 up to Win11 22H2 versions)

Fix

Source: Various causes 183 errors during loading and unloading mostly of WinRE images
Components: Win10 1607 SFC error for comctl32.dll.mui post English (en-us) removal
Post-setup: Passive/non-executable files would be adding empty lines in SetupComplete.cmd
Presets: If no SFC compatibility entry in an older preset, it would uncheck Servicing Stack compatibility on load

September 3, 2022

2.3.8.8890

Fix

Fix-General: Improved NTFS 8.3 short names support on the hosts having it enabled, fixes error 183
Fix-Components: Edge Chromium excluded from the AppMode removal switch, not truly an app, deep removed by default as before

August 31, 2022

2.3.8.8889

New

Components: Undo/Redo functionality on the component selection
Components: App Removal Mode switch – choice between DISM-only, or DISM + Custom for the previous method with deeper removals
Components: SFC compatibility option, for those that want SFC /scanfile clean with deeper removals without servicing stack (updating) compatibility

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UI: Automatic dark mode if host has apps set to dark
Updates: Detects older than installed cumulative updates as already existing updates, even if not specifically integrated (they would be ignored during the process anyway)
Updates: MSIX/APPX (app) integration now done after component removal, in case a replacement of the same app is used in the same session
Updates: DISM Cleanup now shows progress in the UI on Win11+ hosts
ISO: Create ISO limited to CPU cores number of instances, for those running multiple editions/instances to limit resources
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Fix

UI: Target image operations now again also using the tray icon progress indicator
Updates: OptimizeAppx should not have been available on winre and boot.wim
Updates: Update integration error reporting in certain cases, not just skip without explanation
Components: Powershell ISE 32-bit shortcut leftover if 64-bit version kept

August 10, 2022

2.3.7.8850

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Components: ‘Easy Transfer’ is needed for in-place upgrade migration, thus now protected with Manual Setup/Host refresh compatibility
Components: ‘Manual setup’ had leftovers on Win11 22H2 ISO files
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Fix

Updates: KB5012170 integration sorting order fix
Updates: Custom Clean Updates could break Win10 1809 update install
Updates: DISM update cleanup error was reported as an empty Appx Optimization error by mistake
(To avoid DISM’s limitation, clean while integrating updates into RTM.1 images, not with pre-added .NET updates or preconfigured features)
UI: NVDA screen reader compatibility, was crashing
Components: ‘Windows Update Medic Service’ removal error 5 on captured images
Components: Disk Usage and Disk Raid detections (were dependent on DiskPart existence)
Components: SpellChecking was removing Settings Typing, now keeps that page due to other options on it being useful
Settings: Storage and RAM setup bypass requirements just RAM bypass now, as Storage Bypass tweak did not work and is unnecessary

July 12, 2022

2.3.7.8826

New

Source: Win11 22H2 (build 22622) support
Source: Win10 22h2 (build 19045) support
Updates: Optimize AppX option
Settings: WU option for ‘Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows’

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Components: Powershell and ISE 32-bit split
Components: Partially reinstalled Defender detection
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Fix

Components: Windows Search removal Downloads folder browsing from 32-bit apps
Components: CEIP leftovers
Components: Win11 22H2 OSK Tablet removal causing blank screen
Components: Win11 22H2 image ‘Application Compatiblity’ removal could delay first login
Components: Win11 22h2 VBS removal breaking CU install
Components: Win8.1 ‘Stick Notes’ and ‘Webcam Experience’ leftovers
Updates: CU redownloaded by WU if integrating .NET 3.5 (recent regression)

June 23, 2022

2.3.6.8804

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Upgrade-Components: Win11 22H2 ‘Undocked Update Stack’ not required for ‘Windows Update Service’ to start
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Fix

Registry: Integrating REG file could skip entries with app removals in the same session (recent regression)
Components: ‘Cortana’ removal could also remove VCLibs (recent regression)
Settings: Target Release option now includes ProductVersion of the targeted image
UI: Downloader parallel extraction progress could stuck with many threads at once

June 16, 2022

2.3.6.8792

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Components: Win11 22H2 Sounds removal leftovers
Components: Win11 22H2 Windows Update compatibility needs Delivery Optimization kept and service enabled

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Updates: Server 2022 updates list auto-selection
Updates: Existing app package bundle detection in some cases (e.g. integrated DesktopAppInstaller)
Settings: ‘Fullscreen optimizations’ option was missing since the Xbox detection changes
UI: Bulgarian wasn’t listed in the language selection

June 11, 2022

2.3.6.8785

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Fix

Components: Windows 7 drivers removal delay, was taking too long
Components: Crash on older Windows while removing apps (regression in the previous update)

June 7, 2022

2.3.6.8775

New

Updates: Appx/Msix (App packages) dependency detection and presentation
Requirements of a queued app package displayed on the Updates page under it, for easy resolving of dependencies
Source: Windows 11 Dev build 25131 support
Settings: Explorer – ‘Preview Pane’ disable option
Settings: ‘Require Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts’ option
UI-Language: Bulgarian (thanks Svetoslav Slavkov)

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Source: Windows 11 22H2 build 22621 support (license date unchanged)
Components: Windows Apps and app packages now display their real names (package name in the description for reference)
Components: Store app install not dependent on WU component any more
Components: ‘Homegroup’ stub detection in Win11
Updates: App package integration removes previous if needed (solves error 0XC1570118)
Updates: App package integration handles app framework integration on Win10 1909 and older
Post-Setup: Powershell script can take parameters
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Fix

Features: Features on Demand in a certain case would not enable together with other features in a single session
Components: ‘Language Pack Setup’ and ‘Telemetry Client’ task removal leftovers from the first session
Components: OneDrive live removal had leftovers
Components: Win11 22H2 22621 “Task View” removal could cause Explorer hard error (part of the upgrade of support from build 22616 to 22621)
Settings: Defender disabling wasn’t working if Tamper protection wasn’t disabled as well
Settings: Removed non-Policy options for the Start folders settings as they are not working if unforced
UI: Maximized state of the tool remembered on its restart

May 10, 2022

2.3.5.8714

New

Source: Windows 11 22H2 build 22616 support

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Updates: Parallel integration to multiple editions improved and supports Server 2022
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Fix

Components: DeliveryOptimization removal was hiding WU page in Win11
Components: On-screen keyboard (Accessibility) removal could break CU install
Updates: Downloader detection of existing updates that did not finish installing, for a possible retry
Features: Some configurable features were not detected in Server editions, e.g. Windows Server Backup and Bitlocker

April 21, 2022

2.3.4.8675

Fix

Components: Apps removal leftovers regression from the previous update

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April 19, 2022

2.3.4.8674

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Updates: MSIX/APPX (and bundle) integration support
Settings: ‘Multicast name resolution (MDNS)’
Settings: ‘Smart App Control (SAC)’ for Win11 Dev build 22567+
Settings: ‘Enforce DCOM hardening changes’
Components: ‘Hardware Requirements Check library’
Components: ‘Shell App Runtime’
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Components: AppGuard/Containers compatiblity now protects Sandbox as well
Components: Windows Apps now show a version in the description
Settings: TPM disabling now also disables hardware requirement banner on pre-Dev Win11
Source: Win11 can have Win10 description by default, now such description is hidden if otherwise identical to the image name
UI: Enabled Cancel during Apply exporting an image

March 29, 2022

2.3.4.8658

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Components: ‘YubiKey’ compatibility option

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Settings: ‘Enable Local User support’ listed for Win11 Home as well
Components: ‘Setting Sync’ component detection on Win11
Components: ‘Biometric Service’ split from ‘Biometric’ (needed for Settings Sign-in options delay), and both moved under their dependencies
Components: ‘Cloud Files’ split from ‘Setting Sync’, needed for iCloud
Components: ‘Runtime Broker’ added to ‘OOBE’ compatibility, needed for Windows Setup

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Components: ‘Xbox App’ renamed to ‘Xbox Core’ and moved to Media, contains support for all things Xbox
Components: ‘GamingApp’ renamed to ‘Xbox App’
Components: ‘Phone Service’ was breaking Roblox App, Lively Wallpaper
Components: ‘Ease of Access’ removal would break Lock-screen On-Screen keyboard shortcut
Settings: Telemetry Policy values would not be reflected on reloading the target (actual settings were applied)

March 4, 2022

2.3.4.8643

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UI-Translation: Swedish (by 1FF)

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Components: ‘Device Association Broker’ removes more

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ISO: Processing a certain combination of sequenced editions could get stuck on Create ISO

February 26, 2022

2.3.4.8641

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February 24, 2022

2.3.4.8640

New

Source: Windows 11 Preview build 22557 support
Settings: ‘Local user account setup support’ option for Win11 Preview
Settings: ‘Taskbar – Alignment’ option for Win11
Components: ‘Bluetooth’ compatibility option

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Components: ‘Task Scheduler’ split APIs from it due to Geforce Experience dependency on the 32-bit API
Settings: TPM requirement disabling now includes disabling unsupported device warnings on Win11 Preview

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Updates: Downloader would list Dynamic Update twice, as external, if already downloaded
Updates: Downloader could crash after downloading updates and verifying
Settings: Win11 ‘Select the far corner of the taskbar to show the desktop’ fixed and renamed
(to ‘Select the far corner of the taskbar to show the desktop’)
Components: Driver classes removal registry leftovers
Components: WMI Core was removing WMI Service description text file

February 8, 2022

2.3.4.8620

New

Components: ‘Processor Microcode Update (MCUpdate)’ and ‘Processor Microcode Update Servicing’
Components: ‘COM Runtime Broker’
Components: ‘Registry Editor 32-bit’

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Licensing: Online activation backup and easier renewals
Components: Registry defragmented after removals to reduce its size on an image
Components: ‘Narrator’ ‘Screen Magnifier’ and ‘Cursors’ split from ‘Accessibility’, ‘On-screen keyboard’ moved
Components: ‘Event log’ tracing-related parts moved to ‘Event Tracing’ and expanded
Components: ‘Bluetooth Audio Gateway Service’ was dependent on ‘User Data Access’, ‘User Data Storage’ and ‘Telephony’
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Fix

Components: Win11 ‘Wired AutoConfig’ removal fix for Settings-Network-Ethernet crash

January 25, 2022

2.3.3.8585

New

Source: Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22538 support
Components: ‘Night light’ and ‘Volume Shadow Copy’ compatibility options
Settings: ‘Setup Requirement – TPM/CPU – Host’, setting necessary on a Win10/11 host to skip CPU requirements when using the setup.exe method

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Components: ‘Quality Windows Audio Video Experience (qWave)’ split from QoS, needed for Nvidia Geforce Experience Overlay and Discord
Components: ‘Shell Experience Host’ and windows.immersivecontrolpanel (‘Settings’ app) removals unlocked by default, not recommended
Components: Win7 IIS is needed for MSMQ HTTP Support, so locking that feature config if IIS unchecked for removal (fixes component error during setup)
Updates: Delta CAB PSF filename pairs now allow for different suffixes (e.g. manually saved from UUP dump)
UI: Win11 ’21H2′ label returned to the status bar for clarity compared to future versions
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Fix

Components: ‘Shared Folders UI’ removal was removing Services shortcut from the Computer Management menu
Components: ‘Device Lockdown (Embedded Experience)’ removal on Server 2016 with Desktop Experience would switch desktop to command-line mode
Components: ‘Error Reporting’ removal could prompt Microsoft\Windows\Feedback file access error

January 11, 2022

2.3.3.8567

New

Components: ’57-bit Linear Addressing’
Components: ‘Disk Usage utility’
Components: ‘DiskRAID tool’
Components: ‘Natural Language – Sorting’
Components: ‘Now Playing Session Manager’
Components: ‘Pen Service’
Settings: ‘Use Print Screen key to launch Snip & Sketch’ option
Settings: ‘Search – Allow cloud search’ option

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Components: ‘Error Reporting’ components refactored, now removes a service as well, while API is split to cover WerFault silent app errors handling
Components: Network ‘Data Usage service’ moved under ‘Diagnostics’ as its dependee
Components: Win1X ‘Storage Service’ removes more
Components: Windows ARM64 support improvements, SysArm32 leftovers
Components: ‘Telemetry Client’ now also includes Update Aggregators
Updates: Win7 boot.wim update integration ‘Reapply tasks across editions’ filters known install.wim-only updates
General: Setting chosen temp directory to the host FilesNotToSnapshot and FilesNotToBackup exclusion keys
UI-Components: Answering ‘No’ for the prompt to uncheck dependees will proceed with the target uncheck only, instead of cancelling it
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Fix

Components: ‘Battery’ removal was removing Settings – Power page
Components: ‘Event Viewer’ had repeating 1107 errors if ‘Auditing’ was removed
Components: ‘HyperV’ had leftovers if keeping ‘Defender’ or ‘Linux Subsystem’
Components: ‘Shared Experiences’ Win10 removal was needed for Settings – Display
Components: ‘WAP Push Message Routing Service’ added to OOBE compat, solves missing Power Options in Settings if removed in image
Components: FamilySafetyTask task removal while removing a Parental Controls app in the same session
Components: Win7 ‘Minesweeper’ was dependent on ‘Parental Controls’ to open
Components: Win8.1 ‘Windows Store’ leftovers
Features: FODs connections to Components, e.g. ‘Steps Recorder’ disabled if its component is pending removal
UI: Takes less CPU while waiting on external processes
UI: Cleaning progress popup could stuck at 100% when done

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