Remove Specific Versions From AIO ISO

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Hi Guys,

I have a couple of questions. I know NTLite can do what I what to do but I'm a bit rusty on how to do it and I am hoping someone can refresh my memory on the proper way to accomplish these tasks with NTLite. I have a Win 11 AIO. I want to accomplish two things

1. Remove multi-language support files from the ISO. I only want US/English.
2. Remove specific versions from the ISO. Specifically, the N versions.

I am trying to reduce the size of the ISO for a couple of reasons.
1. I don't need multi-language support.
2. I have no need for the N versions

The resulting ISO needs to still be bootable.

I'm trying to create and ISO that has the different versions available and I would like the ISO to be as small as possible. I know DISM can do this but I really don't like command-line utilities.

The resulting ISO will be part of my USB toolkit.

Any help you can provide is appreciated.
 
Hi there,

I am not sure what you refer to in point 1 exactly, so I cannot assist with that one unfortunately...

But for Point 2: Remove specific versions from the ISO. Specifically, the N versions.

  1. Extract the ISO to a folder of your choice.
  2. Browse the extracted folder and in the Sources subfolder find the install.wim file.
  3. Load the extracted folder into NTLite, then expand the item until you expose the different editions of Windows (such as the N versions for example).
  4. Once you see the list right-click on each un-needed edition and click remove. after a few seconds that edition's index layer will be removed from the WIM.
  5. Repeat the process until you only have the edition(s) you want.
  6. finally right click on the WIM file entry within NTLite and click Create ISO.
  7. In the browse window, choose where you want to save the new ISO, give it a name and press save.
  8. depending on the size of the image, and your hardware capability, after a short (or long!) time, you will have a modified iso, which will still be bootable.
  9. you can then use rufus or similar tool to convert the ISO to USB, or possibly even add it to your USB Toolkit (if you mean an ISO loader from USB)

I hope that helps.
 
1) From memory, a component in "ISO Image" does it but not sure
I manually delete

2) Or by loading the image (install.wim) in the Apply page, just check "remove nonessential edtion" for all version or choose which editions to delete

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