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Is there a way to remove Internet Explorer without breaking the MMC Extended View?
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No.
If you are removing Internet Explorer HTML viewer, the notes say that is needed for MMC - Services.msc descriptions on the left.
Internet explorer (subyacent to Internet Explorer HTML viewe) doesn't have notes and shouldn't affect.
The internet explorer core/engine/viewer is needed for another Ms programs and third party programs.
If you want to have some features, you have to deal with it keeping it.
in Windows 10 the extended view registry key is removed when removing Internet Explorer even if you keep HTML Viewer so for example the services.msc description on the left is lost.
A quick workaround to Win10 is to add the following .reg to the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC\SnapIns\{B708457E-DB61-4C55-A92F-0D4B5E9B1224}]
"NameString"="Extended View"
"NameStringIndirect"="@mmcbase.dll,-14177"
Can I create a .reg file based on that and add it to NTLite?
NTLite mounts the offline registry hives from the install.wim, in the case of HKLM/Software it's the "Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE", therefore the changes are instantly applied to the offline image, before even you start installing Windows, as far as i know.And will it do the changes after logging in for the first time in an user account or even before that?
NTLite mounts the offline registry hives from the install.wim, in the case of HKLM/Software it's the "Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE", therefore the changes are instantly applied to the offline image, before even you start installing Windows, as far as i know.
MSMG handles removal of the components differently; it's removal is pretty basic, so the leftovers like scheduled tasks, registry keys, gpedit entries are left in the installed system, while i believe nuhi has coded NTLite to remove those components in a way more advanced manner, but it takes a lot of time to test every single component removal and it's dependencies, just give it time and nuhi will fix it for sure.If I remove it with MSMG ToolKit it doesn't break the Extended View.
MSMG handles removal of the components differently; it's removal is pretty basic, so the leftovers like scheduled tasks, registry keys, gpedit entries are left in the installed system, while i believe nuhi has coded NTLite to remove those components in a way more advanced manner, but it takes a lot of time to test every single component removal and it's dependencies, just give it time and nuhi will fix it for sure.
Check if the IE program files folder is empty. Explorer needs a couple of IE files, remove those and Explorer opens every folder in a new window.
Why does it need them? No, it's not empty.
And will it do the changes after logging in for the first time in an user account or even before that?
If I remove it with MSMG ToolKit it doesn't break the Extended View.
Yes, NTLite first removes the components and only then integrates the .reg files so the above registry entries will be appended correctly in an offline image and in the first boot after Windows installation the extended view for the MMC applications (services.msc, gpedit.msc...) will be available. Even in a live system the changes take effect instantly after adding to the registry without needing a reboot.
MSMG Toolkit uses another approach to remove components. You need to use an ISO with no updates to remove all files properly so apparently removing files and registry keys are done manually while NTLite seems to have an automatic and dynamic way of detecting the files and entries in the registry but since everything that exists is not perfect and given the nature of Windows to not be fully modular some IE components need to be kept in order not to lose certain features. NTLite removes all that is possible without breaking features but sometimes needs some fixes.
Do you know a program which can remove components in a live install excluding NTLite?
Do you know a program which can remove components in a live install excluding NTLite?