Deleting files [DELETED] in the build install.wim Windows 10 Pro

Question

Hello, tell me how to delete the [DELETED] folder from the modified install.wim Windows 10 Pro 22H2 distribution because this cache takes up 3GB of space and the image does not fit on a flash drive?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hi. Thank you for your question and reaching out. I’d be more than happy to help you with your query.

You can try using the DISM to do this. But before that, you will have to use the DISM command so you can mount the install.wim:

DISM /Mount-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:mount

After that, you can use this command to dleet the folder:

Del /F /S /Q mount[DELETED]

You can use this command so you can unmount the and save the changes using this command:

DISM /Unmount-Image /MountDir:mount /Commit

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