C:\$WinREAgent\Scratch mount leftover

[V.H.]

Every time NTLite starts, this is automatically mounted:

C:\$WinREAgent\Scratch

 

[nuhi]

I don't have that dir, nor NTLite uses it directly.

Common Windows triggers that create this folder:

• Installing major Windows updates or feature upgrades
• Running recovery or repair options
• Preparing to reset your PC
• Using the Windows Update Assistant

Cannot be tied to NTLite starting.
But if you do confirm it, please attach %temp%\ntlite.log and %temp%\ntlite_dism.log when that happens without restarting NTLite.

 

[garlin]

You can try this command to force a cleanup:

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WIMMount\Mounted Images" /f

 

[nuhi]

Thanks garlin, I missed the point, it is listed in NTLite as mounted, not that NTLite mounted it.

In that case it's simple, just right-click and Unload on the blue-iconed mounted entry.

It is actually not recommended to manually delete that reg entry as it removes any mounted image references, leaving them mounted in the background.

In the future just use NTLite to unload those, it does it cleanly, and if not possible it will clean the specifically stuck reg entry.
I also did notice in the past that Windows could leave that hanging.