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Microsoft will allow Windows 11 users to uninstall even more built-in apps soon. The software maker has started testing a new build of Windows 11 with Canary Channel testers that includes the ability to uninstall the Camera app, the recently discontinued Cortana app, the Photos app, the People app, and the Remote Desktop (MSTSC) client.
Snooze. They're just clearing the NonRemovable flag for a handful of App packages.

This is why you should remove apps from an offline image. DISM doesn't have a StateRepository-Machine database entry to prevent the app from getting uninstalled. Removal protection only happens on a live system.

There are database hacks to uninstall NonRemovable apps by tweaking SRM, but cleaning up the image is way better.
 
Blue pilled normies wont give a crap and red pilled home user plus's already know how to get rid of the crap or at least how to shut them down post install.
 
Snooze. They're just clearing the NonRemovable flag for a handful of App packages.

This is why you should remove apps from an offline image. DISM doesn't have a StateRepository-Machine database entry to prevent the app from getting uninstalled. Removal protection only happens on a live system.

There are database hacks to uninstall NonRemovable apps by tweaking SRM, but cleaning up the image is way better.
Getting ISO from uupdump with customapplist is the best way I think...
 
abbodi is just skipping the step of integrating all the downloaded Appx bundles into the ISO.
Does this save you a lot of time, compared to NTLite removing the same packages from a normal image? Maybe a minute extra?
 
Its not about time, its about not even letting those packages into the ISO. Also not including gethelp and getstarted apps package is great.
 
Im running Debian so i cant use the Update Downloader.
Windows 10 1809 LTSC - Update Catalog is showing 2 updates for Dynamic Update, which one do i use? do i use both and if so which one goes first?

Will be using windows10.0-kb5029247-x64(17763.4737) for the install.wim.
What the dink is Windows Safe OS??

Screenshot 2023-08-30 at 09-25-00 Microsoft Update Catalog.png
 
Update packagesTitleProductDescription
Safe OS Dynamic UpdateYYYY-MM Dynamic Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2Windows Safe OS Dynamic UpdateComponentUpdate
Setup Dynamic UpdateYYYY-MM Dynamic Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2Windows 10 and later Dynamic UpdateSetupUpdate

You're supposed to install both KB's. Safe OS is WinRE, normal DU is Windows Setup.
 
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