How can I do Selective MSU package install?

Question

OK so I'm looking for answers on how I can do a selective install with downloaded MSU packages from the Microsoft website. This is a package for Windows 10 Pro N edition, and it's the Media Feature Pack x64 (1709). By default when you download and run this, it'll automatically do a FULL installation type as described in the packagename-pkgproperties.txt file.

How can I instruct WUSA.exe to do partial or selective install? Since I do not want to install all the things that the package contains, only some of them which I only really need. Which are only just the Audio and Video codecs, the Media Foundation, the Media DRM and Format, and the Media Sharing, since I'm not really interested in the optional additional things that are included and installed with it that I have no use for, so I can just save the time of having to tediously manually remove them after installing the full package which I don't want.

Answer 1

Hi ShadWolf,

Customizing installation of Media Feature Pack is not available. It will install all the features that it contains. It is created by design. We encourage you to submit your concern using the Feedback Hub. You can either vote on an existing submission or submit a new issue. When you submit a feedback item, we gather additional details and information about your issue that will help determine what's causing it and address it. Feedback items regularly receive Microsoft responses on the submissions in the Feedback app so you can see what we are doing about your feedback. Please revisit frequently to see the status of your feedback items.

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