Sunday 14 January 2018

Alternative to DISM for package removal on Windows 10

Is there any way - manual or automated - that allows for the removal of installation packages from Windows in offline mode (mounted wim) -- other than DISM?


Any automated solution should support the removal through WinApi and needs to support Windows 10. Package removal needs to be accurate the way DISM does it, so a simple solution of which files to delete is not enough. The registry and possibly other files need to be modified accordingly.


The only tools I know of that can do the job:



  • Imagex: MS-Tool. Deprecated by DISM. Not supported on Win 10.

  • PkgMgr: MS-Tool. Deprecated by DISM, but works on Windows 10.

  • DISM: Microsoft's current package-managing tool.

  • PowerShell's Remove-AppxPackage cmdlet: Only works on live system. Doesn't support mounted wim-files.


Is there any way (supported by MS) to remove packages manually in a proper fashion the way DISM does it or through other means like WinAPI or other tools?

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