NTLite Releases

NTLite 2026.08.11704

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Components: 'Code Integrity (CI)'
Components: 'Smart App Control (SAC)'
Components: Compatibility options include component-tied services
Components: 'Windows Security' compatibility option, enabled by default
Settings: 'Favorites' tab, provides quick access to popular settings
Settings: 'Network during setup' - disables networking during Windows setup and restores after
Settings: 'Remove background images'
Settings: 'Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD)'
Settings: 'Windows Settings - Backup' opts out of the 26H2 default-on cloud backup (Win10 22H2+)
Settings: 'Windows Settings - Sync' disables the classic settings sync with user overrides (Win8+)
Updates: Right-click Delete on the Superseded / Unknown downloader cache rows
Updates: Windows 10 ESU updates show no integration warning on LTSC, where they are supported
Apply: Apply preview splits into two columns dynamically if there is space
Apply: Turning Defender Tamper Protection off prompts to reboot first
Image: Manual Image Options popup redesigned, opens in place on the Image page Unload, Export, Remove editions and Create ISO
Post-Setup: 'Pre-OOBE' before-logon toolbar mode option (Win10 1809+)
Post-Setup: Scheduled tasks can be enabled or disabled on images
Presets: Delete, export or clone an individual saved date under a preset
Unattended: Local users dialog adds, edits and removes accounts from one form
UI: Hover actions, a dynamic toolbar on the right of items, try it from Menu-Settings
UI: 'Darker' interface style alongside Automatic / Light / Dark. Also supports live switching
UI: 'Larger fonts' Menu-Settings option

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Components: Categories sort alphabetically 'Enterprise' is renamed 'Organizations', 'Command-Line Utilities' is grouped under Productivity
Components: Descriptions mode moves from the toolbar into Menu-Settings, shared with Features
Drivers: The free tier unlocks removal of five driver hardware classes Image, printer, modem, net and scsiadapter
Services: 13 setup-critical services are no longer locked when editing an image
Settings: 'Security' group contains the security tweaks out of System, Defender and Privacy
Updates: The downloader's Verify re-scans on open, in the background
Image: A directly loaded boot/winre.wim enabled Features page
Image: Host Refresh wizard also lists ISO images, extracted when picked
Apply: 'Keep image mounted' joins the Image format options, replaces Stop before saving
Image: Remove-editions list shows only removable editions
Post-Setup: The before-logon mode reads back from the image itself
Unattended: Reset toolbar options All / Disk / Join / Users
UI: Redesigned look
UI: Left page navigation got icons and is collapsible
UI: Check-update dialog redesigned (thanks WizKid)
UI: 'Show' combo on the filter row - moved on Components, new on Scheduled tasks and Services Tasks filter by Enabled / Disabled / Removing, services by safety level and start type
UI: Expand all / Collapse all on the Image toolbar, Undo / Redo on Updates and Drivers
Translations: Thanks for French (tistou77), Hungarian (John) and Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS) and Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Apply: A multi-edition run applies each edition's own supported tweaks, and its progress bar finishes

NTLite 2026.07.11258

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Updates: DISM engine picker and 'Debug logging' options in Menu-Settings (Automatic / Host / ADK)
Image: 'Minimize last change lists' toggle in Menu-Settings, unchecked shows full date and time under Last change columns

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Updates: Live progress bar for DISM package add in EXE mode
Updates: Parallel export of independent WIMs during apply
Image: Secure Boot boot sector changed to a combobox, Automatic follows the boot manager type
Apply: Notes X now shown always on hideable messages
Components: Category reorganization finalized, grouped per functionality, e.g. instead of a blunt "System"
Components: Desktop Switcher split from Task View for separate removal
Settings: Windows Defender Default(serves as Enable) tweak improved, helps recover removed Windows Defender if used in concunction with Windows Settings - System - Recovery - Reinstall Now
Settings: Removing a component now clears its tied Settings, Visuals and Events tweaks from those grids and off the Apply page Was causing skipped settings on the Apply page if component removal was queued after the settings change
UI: Combo box dropdown improved
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Chinese-Traditional (Matt), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Updates: Update check no longer freezes the GUI on an invalid host scheduled task
Apply: Removed-files count was under-reporting in some cases
Components: Empty 'Uncategorized' category no longer shown
Settings: Crash loading images missing default user hives (e.g. repacked boot.wim)

NTLite 2026.06.11222

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Secure Boot: Boot manager version (SVN) readout on host, image and ISO
Secure Boot: Bootability advisory when an image is below the host anti-rollback floor
Secure Boot: Boot manager (Alternate), recovery loader with deploy / restore / remove on host
Secure Boot: Live BitLocker state and Audit-mode warning in host audit
Components: 'Descriptions' Always/Hover toolbar option
Components: 'Drivers - Exportable' filter option to list only those drivers you can export

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Performance: Image list refreshes faster, visible on startup and apply beginning
Secure Boot: Detect a newer boot manager (2023 to newer) for re-deploy
Image: Name the apps holding a busy mount when unmount fails
UI: Themed combo boxes
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Updates: boot.wim component store corruption integrating to multiple editions in a specific scenario
Updates: drag-and-drop add onto the Packages/Updates grids

NTLite 2026.06.11200

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Secure Boot Migration support: Verification, certificate staging, and boot-manager/sector update across the Image, Updates, Apply, and Create-ISO pages (2023 CA migration, optional 2011 revocation, Anti-rollback, Boot sector choice etc)
Secure Boot Host Readiness: Live host Secure Boot migration monitor and Servicing-task control Option under Image page - C:\Windows row, or load the host as the target - Updates - Secure Boot
Image: 'Sort mounted images first' option for the image list in Menu-Settings
UI: Hover description card for Components and Unattended pages, selectable text and quick access to Compatibility options
Command line: Relay commands into the already-running instance Enables controlling already running NTLite via ntlite.exe Use /NewInstance to launch an additional instance using CLI operations (premium)
UI: 'New instance' option via main menu instead of a secondary ntlite.exe prompt
Apply: Hide individual Apply-page notes with a per-note dismiss (X), critical excluded
Settings: 'Unsigned RDP file launch warnings' tweak (RDP client), bypassing the April 2026 security-update prompt on RDP connections

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Image: Live OS and deployed image editing now unlocked on free/test licenses, same licensing as images
Image: 'Recompress' option in manual dialog Remove Editions to shrink the WIM in one session
Image: SWM part size set inline on the Apply page and image dialogs, split-size popup retired
Image: Relative 'Last change' dates; editions grouped by build time to reduce noise
Image: 'Forget - Missing' on the Edit-cache menu to mass drop entries whose folder is gone
Components: Root groups reorganized - user-facing groups first, system/critical last
Components: Show filter options to view components by Template or App-type, since Apps are now merged into groups
Presets: Delete confirmation now lists the multi-selected preset names
UI: Design update propagated to the rest of the tool
UI: Filter and search match words in any order and partially, better results filtering Components
Unattended: Input-locale language derives from the user locale, with an independent keyboard picker, enables combinations previously unavailable
Unattended: Input-locale now allows for a user value override
Unattended: Localization OOBE WinPE now can be copied with the new WinPE Copy OOBE localization toggle, enter locale settings once for both stages
Updates: Downloader greys and locks updates the image already carries (hotfix and MSIX)
Updates: Resume interrupted update downloads
Command line: Many upgrades, see /?, now prints help to the console or redirected output
UI-Translation: Finnish language added, also thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), Swedish (1FF), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Components: Containers removal breaking Apps deployment
Components: Microsoft Account had leftovers when Easy Migrate is kept
Image: Export to an existing WIM improvements, Append renamed to Merge
Image: Improved 26H1 live removal support
Image: No more 'X:\ not accessible' popup for certain drives during image scan
Presets: Manual image refresh picks up presets added/removed outside the app
Tweaks: Disabled visual-effect animations no longer return after first logon on a new profile
Tweaks: Live Visual Effects toggles (animations, drag full windows, font smoothing) now apply correctly

NTLite 2026.05.11090

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Settings: Global filters in toolbar across all Settings tabs, also hides tabs without results
Settings: Options now support resetting to preset or image baseline, with indicator on the left Filled dot when the value matches the loaded preset, hollow ring when it differs, also supported in filters
Command-line: /Save, /Discard, /SaveFormat, /SaveDes, /Forget, and /RemoveEditions verbs and process exit codes Check Docs or ntlite.exe /? for more info

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Command line: Reworked /? help into a sectioned, themed dialog
UI: Image page and Create ISO improvements
UI: Image-load warning/error prompts merged into one tabbed dialog instead of repeated popups per type
UI-Translation: Thanks for Hungarian (John), Russian (RDS)

Fix

Create ISO: Unchecking 'Prompt for any key before booting' regression

NTLite 2026.05.11080

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Image: Action workflow window, unifying Convert/Export/Remove edition/Create ISO, allowing chained operations Apply-like options instead of context submenus
Image: Windows Recovery Environment group listing recovery images on the host, including in hidden partitions
Settings: 'Start menu - All apps' enable/disable options
Settings: 'Start menu - All apps view mode' start menu tweak (Win11 24H2+)
Settings: 'NTFS 8.3 file name creation' option
Settings: 'Visual Effects' with template selection added to the Settings-Visuals Group of tweaks representing Windows System - Performance Options - Visual Effects
Updates: 'Windows App Runtime 2.0.*' added to the update list
Cmdline: CLI upgraded, ntlite.exe /? for more info

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Settings: Tweaks grouped if depending on the master switch, e.g. All apps list, User tile, Power button, RDP, Storage Sense
Settings: Graphics and rendering tweaks moved to the new Visuals tab
Components: Component page toolbar checked-Filter simplified
Components: Refreshed Windows Preview support, adapting some removals
UI: Progress bar improvements
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Italian (clarensio), Swedish (1FF), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Updates: KB5089573 support
Components: Biometric service and Accessibility Tools OSK leftovers in certain combinations
UI: Host refresh wizard crash

NTLite 2026.05.11014

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Settings: Tweaks Events split into its own tab
Settings: Events groups now have enable/disable all
UI: All pages Reset buttons now have confirmation popups
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS)

Fix

Unattended: Timezone setting compatibility in certain cases for non-English ISOs
Updates: Update downloader file-matching to downloaded cache, recent regression

NTLite 2026.05.11004

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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UI: Combined Edit Name and Description into a single dialog
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio)

Fix

Settings: Boot.wim apply was skipped (recent regression)

NTLite 2026.05.11000

Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Image: Latest Windows Preview builds (Dev/Canary, e.g. build 29580)
Updates: Preview cumulative updates now classified as Optional and checked by default
Updates: Checkpoint KB5043080 dependency note from KB titles moved to dynamic update analysis instead
Updates: Update cache match tolerates renamed files

Fix

Updates: Removed 'Normal Defer' mode, use 'ResetBase Defer' instead (solves Win10 error 87) Defer only on images, 1607+

NTLite 2026.05.10996

Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Components: Show/Hide filter in the toolbar (All / Checked / Unchecked)
Components: Microsoft.AIFabric.CBS.1.6 (25H2 CU)

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Updates: Renamed 'Clean updates backup' to 'Optimize updates', and separated 'Defer' options
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Russian (RDS), Italian (clarensio)

Fix

Updates: Multi-edition update integration registry retry prompt
Updates: Update installer wizard crash (recent regression)
Components: Win10 Telemetry removal setup BSOD
Drivers: Hardware lists driver matching improvements

NTLite 2026.04.10973

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fix

Components: 'Legacy symbolic links' removal
Updates: 'Unload registry failed' retry popup during parallel integration

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UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu), Italian (clarensio)

NTLite 2026.04.10966

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS)

Fix

UI: Minor fixes

NTLite 2026.04.10961

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Updates: 'Clean Apps' option, removes obsolete duplicate AppX/MSIX versions, including frameworks/runtimes and unregistered/lost apps
Updates: .NET Language Pack detection and proper sorting, fixes Win10 integration error in combination
Presets: Support for in-file edit ApplyOptions-Commands-PostApply for executing commands on a host after applying, before saving the image See commented placeholder in a saved preset with a text editor. Useful for manual additions to the image via scripts before saving

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Updates: Toolbar extraction options split into Parallel and Smart Cache
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Components: 'Live Caption' and 'Voice Access' leftovers if Accessibility kept
Components: .NET WCF removal leftovers
Image: was keeping reg hives loaded after image load while tool is running, blocking other DISM sessions to the same mount
UI: Improved responsiveness, especially during Apply

NTLite 2026.04.10936

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Components: 'AI Component Management' (25H2 CU)

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UI-Translation: Thanks for Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Updates: MSIX integration in certain host-image combinations had error 1781, recent regression

NTLite 2026.04.10935

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Components: 'Accessibility' - Braille (added by 25H2 CU)

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Updates: Faster update extraction utilizing more threads
General: Faster file deletion, most noticeable when deleting large directories
Drivers: Host Import now picks the latest version of the same driver, does not duplicate
Drivers: Hardware list remembers scrolling position on driver changes for easier tracking
UI: Improved cleanup progress on exit, with cancel support
UI-Translation: Thanks for Portugues-Brasil (Igor)

Fix

Updates: MSIX/APPX integration/install error 87 on pre-1903 targets
Components: Recheck/uncheck sub-components form the prompt
Drivers: Improved hardware list matching, detecting compatible drivers previously missed
Drivers: Host Import architecture ARM vs AMD 64-bit on some INFs
UI: Duplicate Remove/Export items in right-click drivers context menu

NTLite 2026.03.10902

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Settings: 26H1+ 'File Explorer - Show Recommended section' option

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UI-Translation: Auto-Language translation improvements
UI-Translation: Thanks for Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), French (tistou77), Chinese Traditional (Matt), Hungarian (John), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)
General: Backend/Server adaptations for feature expansions

NTLite 2026.03.10889

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Image: Improved Windows 11 build 29550 support
UI: License dialog simplified, especially for renewals and upgrades
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Image: Reverted WimLib to v1.14.4, some people reported issues during ESD compression with v1.14.5

NTLite 2026.03.10864

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Settings: Added reset button to individual changed rows and groups
UI: Improved title bar colors and minor fixes
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)

Fix

Settings: 'Display icons instead of thumbnails' tweak logic was swapped
UI: Toolbar actions needing double-click for some selected rows, recent regression
Components: WinSxS removal was keeping core printing drivers even if Host Refresh compatibility was turned off

NTLite 2026.03.10854

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Image: 26H1 support, build 28000, also added to the updates list
Image: Windows Preview Canary build 29531 support
Components: 'Setup Recovery Data'
Components: 'Sysmon'
Components: 'CTL3D (ctl3d32.dll) 32-bit'

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UI: Various improvements to the UI
UI: Auto-translating NTLite UI languages which were not updated for 5+ months
Components: 'Local Security Policy Editor' 32-bit split
Components: .NET Framework ASP.NET removal leftovers
Tools: 7-zip v26.00, wimlib v1.14.5
General: License agreement updated, more precisely written, same principles

Fix

Apply: Reapply tasks was missing Features and Post-setup (After Logon) propagation options
Settings: 'Digitally sign communications - Server' option save to preset fixed
Updates: 'Optimize Appx' tagged as only for offline images current session packages, per Microsoft design
Scheduled Tasks: Toolbar-Reset button was not working
Scheduled Tasks: Blocked task removals 'UsbCeip' and 'Scheduled' as they hang setup at 'Please wait', removing them with the tied Component is working

NTLite 2026.01.10761

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

New

Image: Edition changer, right-click - Edit - Edition
Unattended: Unattended inputs for 'Support App URL', 'Support Provider', 'Trade-in URL', 'Recycle URL'

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UI: 'Services' and 'Extra Services' pages combined into the Settings page tabs
Components: 'Display Policy Service" removes more into a 32-bit split
Components: 'Token Broker' and 'Capability Access Manager' 32-bit split
Components: 'Legacy games' compatibility option
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS)

Fix

Updates: MSIX Apply - Reapply propagation fix, it was only applied to the main image
UI: Multi instance support fix