DISM Tool

As promised in another post (http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=2608.msg28585#msg28585) I have been working on a new DISM tool which makes use of the .NET API available for both DISM and WIMGAPI

This is a very early version and I still have lots of testing to do, and more improvements I want to make, but it does work both on a host PC scanning the current OS or a mounted WIM, and also within Windows PE to scan an offline system and add/remove package, drivers, features etc. 

A GUI interface for DISM which works on running OS, a mounted WIM or an offline OS - so can be used from Windows PE

Features include: image capture, apply images, export, list packages / drivers / features / capabilities, add/remove drivers, mount/unmount images, check and repair images, get information, diskpart, mount registry and more

It should work on 32-bit and 64-bit and requires .NET 4.7.2

All comments welcome 

17/12/18 v1.0

Initial release

27/08/19 - v1.1

Updated version to resolve 'To service this Windows image requires the latest version of the DISM' error message

29/08/19 - v1.2

Various fixes and improvements including add driver error. Chosen mount path and last mounted image now remembered between sessions, and drivers/features/packages/capabilities lists refreshed after performing add/remove/enable/disable. Warning message displayed upon exit if images still mounted

Hi, thanks.
Both for the program and for saving me some work (I too started working on a similar program, will give up :-)
I was using AutoIt, quite painful.

Some observations:
Can you provide a option for the user to select which DISM.EXE he wants to use.
I don't see Append-Image. And Get-ImageInfo.
Finally, when I started I had this doubt : does DISM only work with drives (MS doc only mentions drives) or also with directories. I tried, works with directories too. Don't know if you think it's worth implementing.

Attaching two screenshots of my prog.

29/08/19 - v1.2

Various fixes and improvements including add driver error. Chosen mount path and last mounted image now remembered between sessions, and drivers/features/packages/capabilities lists refreshed after performing add/remove/enable/disable. Warning message displayed upon exit if images still mounted

DISM_Tool.7z

You might want to add this:  Heap-Obsolete-L1-1-0.zip (1.17 kB - downloaded 46 times.)

You might want to add this: (Attachment Link)

Any clues as to what it is and why I might need to add it???

Hi

Any clues as to what it is and why I might need to add it???

I'm guessing for SIW2, but if you try to run straight from a win7 desktop, it complains it's missing
It's description is a ApiSet Stub DLL

Okay thanks APT, hadn't tested on Windows 7 as all my computers here run Windows 10 - will check it out, and find out if I can redistribute that file with my app without breaking any licencing terms etc

Hi, thanks.
Both for the program and for saving me some work (I too started working on a similar program, will give up :-)
I was using AutoIt, quite painful.

Some observations:
Can you provide a option for the user to select which DISM.EXE he wants to use.
I don't see Append-Image. And Get-ImageInfo.
Finally, when I started I had this doubt : does DISM only work with drives (MS doc only mentions drives) or also with directories. I tried, works with directories too. Don't know if you think it's worth implementing.

Hi, thanks for posting

Get-ImageInfo is on the Misc tab - button titled Get File Info

I'm not sure the library I am using (https://github.com/jeffkl/ManagedWimgApi) supports Append-Image - or at least I haven't seen it - I will inquire and get back to you, if it does I will add it

Will put idea of directories on my "to do" list - but my main requirement was for drives so not sure if needed or not

04/09/19 - v1.3

DiskPart GUI tab added which allows you to do everything that DiskPart command line does but in a GUI. 

You can view volumes / disks, see all disk attributes, format, rename, set/clear read-only flags and eject.

I have also added ability to easily see which volumes belong to which disks, so you can easily see what disk drive C: is using etc - handy for imaging purposes so you don't wipe or write over wrong location

There are also preset scripts to create all the required partitions for both GPT and MBR, ready for restoring a WIM image too.

Hi dazza

thanks for the update
I notice in the log, just from opening there seems to be a warning message (win7)

edit
attachment doesn't show up in post for me, but does in edit? Not sure why, will place in manually

2019-09-04 23:40:30, Warning               DISM   DISM Provider Store: PID=6052 TID=6028 There is a possible 32-bit versus 64-bit cross architecture issue with the provider (or one of its dependencies). - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_LoadProvider(hr:0x800700c1)
2019-09-04 23:40:30, Warning               DISM   DISM Provider Store: PID=6052 TID=6028 Failed to load the provider: C:\Users\APT\Downloads\DISM_Tool\FfuProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider(hr:0x800700c1)
2019-09-04 23:40:34, Warning               DISM   DISM Provider Store: PID=6052 TID=6028 Failed to retrieve the Provider Instance. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider(hr:0x80004005)

Hi dazza

thanks for the update
I notice in the log, just from opening there seems to be a warning message (win7)

edit
attachment doesn't show up in post for me, but does in edit? Not sure why, will place in manually

2019-09-04 23:40:30, Warning               DISM   DISM Provider Store: PID=6052 TID=6028 There is a possible 32-bit versus 64-bit cross architecture issue with the provider (or one of its dependencies). - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_LoadProvider(hr:0x800700c1)
2019-09-04 23:40:30, Warning               DISM   DISM Provider Store: PID=6052 TID=6028 Failed to load the provider: C:\Users\APT\Downloads\DISM_Tool\FfuProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider(hr:0x800700c1)
2019-09-04 23:40:34, Warning               DISM   DISM Provider Store: PID=6052 TID=6028 Failed to retrieve the Provider Instance. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider(hr:0x80004005)

I must admit I am all Windows 10 here so not had chance to test it on Windows 7, but the DISM log does seem to fill with a lot of errors generally, most of which seem meaningless as all testing I have done seems to work so far.  If I get a moment I will find a Windows 7 machine from somewhere and give it a test

UPDATE: have tested it now under Windows 7 and all seems to work fine as long as has DLL mentioned in posts above (and now included in package) - the errors about FfuProvider.dll are misleading in the log and don't affect operation, I get same logs on a Windows 8.1 machine here too

05/09/19 - v1.4

Included DLL required for tool to work under Windows 7 (thanks SIW2)

N.B. If you get error under Windows 7 about missing file api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll then install Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2999226/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows 

Also added in ability to append to existing image, and option to choose with image index you wish to mount

I don't see Append-Image. And Get-ImageInfo.

Get-ImageInfo is on the Misc tab - button titled Get File Info

I have now amended code so you can append to an existing image by ticking "Append Existing Image" checkbox on Capture tab
Also now on the Mount tab you can select which image you wish to mount

I wish I would have grabbed the DISM++ source before the chinese government took down their site. Its even gone from github: https://github.com/Chuyu-Team

Probably would have helped speed things along..

I wish I would have grabbed the DISM++ source before the chinese government took down their site. Its even gone from github: https://github.com/Chuyu-Team

Probably would have helped speed things along..

The Chuyu main website is back up again, but seems a lot of confusion as to whether it was ever open source or the source available despite wording on main page - discussed in more detail here https://github.com/Chuyu-Team/Dism-Multi-language/issues/548

09/09/19 - v1.5

Registry tab added where you can load System, Software or Default User hives from mounted source and edit them

11/09/19 - v1.6

Export tab added

15/09/19 - v1.7

Now shows compression level for Get File Info, and also sets correct compression level when exporting an image (destination compression had to be set to same as what the source compression was)

16/09/19 - v1.8

You can now Capture from a drive OR folder, and you can Apply to a drive OR folder - (as requested by gbrao and Jan)