Duplicated Features Update packages

All Feature on Demand packages (seen in Updates), have a base version as shipped with Windows. The base version cannot be removed for technical reasons, it's part of the normal Windows servicing model. Running DISM cleanup will never remove the base versions.
 
Oh, that sucks!

Is there a newer base build for W11 24H2 than 26100.1742?
 
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koppees said:
Oh, that sucks!

Is there a newer base build for W11 24H2 than 26100.1742?
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That's not how it works. When a Windows release reaches the RTM or GA stage, the base component for each Feature is locked in and will never change on any later releases for that Windows branch (ie. 26100).

ResetBase will "flatten", or remove all previous versions for normal Windows components, but has no effect on Features. A DISM cleaned image will always keep the base Feature component, and the last component update on top of it. The only way to get rid of the base Update is to entirely remove the Feature from the image.

If you check, the base version reflects some important early milestone in that branch's history:
- 26100.1 (base build for 24H2 production branch)​
- 26100.1150 (July 2024 GA for ARM)​
- 26100.1742 (Sep 2024 GA for Intel)​

In short, you can't do anything about it so stop worrying. Only superseded Feature updates can be removed (which ResetBase already does).
 
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