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Remove multiple indexes with dism

Anonymous
2022-09-27T19:26:18+00:00

Hello,

I downloaded the ISO image of windows 11 multi edition. I want to keep the first index which is Windows 11 Home.

I use the following command : dism /delete-image /imagefile:"f:\media\fr\sources\install.wim" /index:2 /checkintegrity

So I must to execute this command 10 times.

Is it possible with dism to delete all 10 indexes at once?

Do you have an example with a batch script?

Thanks.

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  1. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-09-28T18:12:22+00:00

    Hi,

    I'd rather extract the image index#1 to a separate WIM file and discard the original Install.wim.

    For example, the multi-edition WIM has this:

    Details for image : install.wim 

Index : 1 

Name : Windows 11 Home 

Description : Windows 11 Home 

Size : 15,854,479,870 bytes 

Index : 2 

Name : Windows 11 Home N 

Description : Windows 11 Home N 

Size : 15,170,988,662 bytes 

Index : 3 

Name : Windows 11 Home Single Language 

Description : Windows 11 Home Single Language 

Size : 15,857,403,299 bytes 

Index : 4 

Name : Windows 11 Education 

Description : Windows 11 Education 

Size : 16,136,983,252 bytes 

Index : 5 

Name : Windows 11 Education N 

Description : Windows 11 Education N 

Size : 15,450,067,990 bytes 

Index : 6 

Name : Windows 11 Pro 

Description : Windows 11 Pro 

Size : 16,134,043,048 bytes 

Index : 7 

Name : Windows 11 Pro N 

Description : Windows 11 Pro N 

Size : 15,447,756,461 bytes 

Index : 8 

Name : Windows 11 Pro Education 

Description : Windows 11 Pro Education 

Size : 16,136,934,462 bytes 

Index : 9 

Name : Windows 11 Pro Education N 

Description : Windows 11 Pro Education N 

Size : 15,450,018,300 bytes 

Index : 10 

Name : Windows 11 Pro for Workstations 

Description : Windows 11 Pro for Workstations 

Size : 16,136,958,857 bytes 

Index : 11 

Name : Windows 11 Pro N for Workstations 

Description : Windows 11 Pro N for Workstations 

Size : 15,450,043,145 bytes

    I run:

    Dism /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:"D:\sources\install.wim" /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:"D:\sources\home.wim"

    Home.WIM Index

    ===========

    D:\sources>dism /get-imageinfo /imagefile:home.wim 

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool 

Version: 10.0.19041.844 

Details for image : home.wim 

Index : 1 

Name : Windows 11 Home 

Description : Windows 11 Home 

Size : 15,854,479,870 bytes 

The operation completed successfully.

    Now, delete Install.wim from your setup disk. And, rename Home.wim to Install.wim.

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  1. Don Varnau 19,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-09-29T09:38:51+00:00

    Thanks a lot for this method.

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    Please mark the post by Ramesh Srinivasan as the Answer. A moderator could mark it but it's preferred, for statistical purposes, that you mark it.

    Thanks,

    Don

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  2. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-09-29T04:23:11+00:00

    You're welcome.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-27T20:11:50+00:00

    Hi, my name is Jose, a Windows user like you. I'll be happy to assist you with this issue.

    Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue.

    Please try to use the following sentence:

    FOR /L %i IN (1,1,10) DO (dism /delete-image /imagefile:"f:\media\fr\sources\install.wim" /index:%i /checkintegrity)

    Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-28T18:00:17+00:00

    When I use the command : dism /get-imageinfo /imagefile:"x:\media\en\sources\install.wim"

    I get the following result :

    1 Windows 11 Home
    2 Windows 11 Home N
    3 Windows 11 Home Single Language
    4 Windows 11 Education
    5 Windows 11 Education N
    6 Windows 11 Pro
    7 Windows 11 Pro N
    8 Windows 11 Pro Education
    9 Windows 11 Pro Education N
    10 Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    11 Windows 11 Pro for Workstations N

    By using the command : FOR /L %%i (1,1,10) DO (dism /delete-image /imagefile:"f:\media\en\sources\install.wim" /index:%%i /checkintegrity)

    Only the indexes from 6 to 11 are deleted.

    1 Windows 11 Home
    2 Windows 11 Home N
    3 Windows 11 Home Single Language
    4 Windows 11 Education
    5 Windows 11 Education N

    I want to delete the indexes from 2 to 11 while keeping the first one.

    Thanks.

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