Windows 10 1507 ISO larger than what started with

[thatrandomopencoreuser96]

Hello, so I’m trying to build a light weight windows 10 1507 iso. I have the pro version that I have striped out of all other versions. When I used ntlite today It said I striped out 2.00gb of data from the iso but then when I go to take a look at the completed iso it gave me a 4gb iso and non of the built in apps where removed. Any idea why? It’s frustrating me.

 

[garlin]

Did your ISO include a WIM or ESD install image? ESD is the more compressed image format, but cannot be edited without conversion to WIM. If you didn't convert the final image back to ESD on the Apply page, it will be larger than before.

Did you install any updates? If you don't run DISM cleanup, then the old files are kept around in case you needed to uninstall the updates. W10 1507 is end-of-life (EOL), so there isn't a need to to uninstall updates.

Which apps didn't get removed? Are you using free edition, which doesn't remove all the optional packages? Are you talking about Edge or OneDrive getting re-installed?

If you attach your NTLite preset, we can confirm what's happening to your ISO.