Is there a way to create a Software-List of what's installed in Live?

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pmikep

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So, we have a way to save a Hardware List when running NTLite Live. (I find that that list will often find more hardware than when non-Live. For example, if I plug my Graphics Tablet in before starting Live, I pick up the Tablet in the Hardware List.)

Now, is there a way to get a similar list of what Components and stuff are running in a Win7 Live? Call it a "Software List"? I tried saving a Preset in a Live NTLite. But that didn't show anything, since I hadn't clicked anything for removal.

I guess I'm looking for a "reverse list."

I would use such a list as a reference when building a non-Live image. For example, I could know instantly what fonts I kept on my current Win7 so that I could keep the same for a new build.

Maybe v1.6 has this ability already? (I really should try it.) But thought I would ask.
 
Use the Font removals on my presets, they have been fine tuned by experience, some by office compatibility and some recommended by fishingfish. Not had a messy gui on any program. I use en-gb and en-us. You could check each programs needs by looking for a settings.ini either in program files or in user data. Unless you know exactly what fonts a program needs then font tuning can be a total pain, ask fishingfish, it took him ages to track some required fonts.
 
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"Fonts" was just an example of what I would use a Software list for. \

But, FWIW, I found a list from Microsoft of fonts in Windows and I removed all the non-English character ones. I might have "too many." But they don't take up that much room. (I'm finding that my builds hover around 4GB, which is half a normal install. So I'm happy.)

BTW, I found a free patch remover program that looks at the Installer cache thingie, finds orphans and shrinks it.
 
Let us know how you get on with Patch Cleaner and if itrs good i will add it to Interesting Things. :)
 
Since this was an upgrade install, my default installer cache is still at 10%. Patch Cleaner said that 2 GB was still valid. It offered to Move (or Delete) 600 MB. Not as much as I expected. But every little bit helps.
 
I normally empty the Installer folder because i keep the prgrams and many dont get updated anyway. Mebbe worth a look though :).
 
@pmikep, you could load the live install, disable all compatibilities in the Components page and press Uncheck all in the toolbar. Save that preset as inverted component list.
Then go to a new full image, do the same.

Now in some text comparison tool, like Winmerge, compare those two presets and show only differences.
That difference, on the side of the full image, is what you can remove from the full image, just copy paste it in-between any preset's <Components> element.

I'll add this as a task for later as "Extract removed components list", tool can do this even simpler as it can force-list all components then compare to the present ones.
 
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