v0.4_231217

This is the final preview release of DISMTools 0.4, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	43A90866358678BF39D239C50CC9D5FE0B2D46FC7DDEC2E36A7E1A936DC9D9A1
Portable	38834B6DD07BB068DDF8D20BF31FA355C8F46F12907327AD7C4E6A5B36196795

Bugfixes

• Fixed background process panel positioning issues on Windows 8 hosts

• Fixed an issue where projects could not be created from the offline installation management mode

New features

Update system

• The update system has been overhauled

What's Changed

• DISMTools 0.4 Final Preview by @CodingWonders in #86

Full Changelog: v0.4_pre_23122...v0.4_pre_23123

v0.4_231210

This is the sixth preview release of DISMTools 0.4, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	52EB3FB3C25BEA2F5C4A09DEF3E5FD928B53E1DC15812E84C700109AC205FAC6
Portable	42944A052F1E42661D285563940B99B4945CAB8658C5020D5F9AF7924A0EF8C6

Bugfixes

• Fixed some issues in the new design:
  • Fixed an issue where the program would not unmount read-only images when clicking "Unmount image"
  • Fixed an issue where the program would not disable the commit operation buttons for read-only mounted images
• The "Use mounted image" buttons are now disabled in online and offline installation management modes
• The "Mount destination image for later use" check box is now disabled in online and offline installation management modes
• Fixed an issue where the program could not capture an entire drive to an image file

New features

• Help documentation contents are now included. This is why the release assets have noticeably increased in size

Note

The help documentation contents aren't complete yet, so we encourage you to contribute to them

• The monospaced font detection procedure of the Options window has been ported to the initial setup wizard

Update system

• The process close functionality has been improved

Removed features

• The temporary help dialog in the AppX package removal dialog has been removed in favor of the help documentation contents

What's Changed

• DISMTools Design Refresh and help documentation stuff (2023/12/03) by @CodingWonders in #81
• DISMTools Design Refresh and Help Documentation stuff (2023/12/07) by @CodingWonders in #82
• DISMTools 0.4 Preview 6 by @CodingWonders in #83

Full Changelog: v0.4_pre_23121...v0.4_pre_23122

v0.4_231203

This is the fifth preview of DISMTools 0.4, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	C7948DFA7C83251AB40164E86A5B9F208A8621D2F05D72A012B07D2F6DDC5AD1
Portable	F90CE9F8E0FF8C830E4A707F1D88E6811829B3690A0BE9F91B95B307B0112057

Bugfixes

• Added exception handling to the log file link in the progress panel (more info on #76, thanks @Guarmanda for reporting this issue!)

New features

• The new design is now complete, and the following changes were made:
  • Translations have been added
  • The program will no longer switch to the old design automatically

• You can now configure the image information saver settings:

• The image capture dialog has seen some enhancements to add translations

Update system

• The update system will now run the installer silently when updating non-portable installations

What's Changed

• DISMTools 0.4 Preview 5 by @CodingWonders in #79

Full Changelog: v0.4_pre_23114...v0.4_pre_23121

v0.4_231126

This is the fourth preview of DISMTools 0.4, with new features and enhancements:

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	4CE73CC559957813B4D9F19E358FCFC1D4C40B460AE29130B754136ACA56D4D8
Portable	152236DD9AC415075114FBB43865B95F102C182D041D35D693FE60220ADDC92B

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where the feature information dialog would not load when its entry in the Commands menu was clicked

New features

• A new design for the project view is now available:

Note

This design is unfinished so some things may change by the arrival of the next previews. This design also isn't translated. Because of this, the old design is still used by default

What's Changed

• DISMTools 0.4 Design Overhaul (2023/11/18) by @CodingWonders in #68
• DISMTools Design Refresh (Black Friday Update) by @CodingWonders in #69
• DISMTools Design Refresh (2023/11/25) by @CodingWonders in #70
• DISMTools 0.4 Preview 4 by @CodingWonders in #71

Full Changelog: v0.4_pre_23113...v0.4_pre_23114

v0.4_231119

This is the third preview release of DISMTools 0.4, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	755478CD2C7B6DF159FC17870483571140C2839D42C195A73CF3B591485FBB1F
Portable	79F7AD1C8EAC1F82AE06FEBBC2A084B24BEAD6D9A14F6E8FA82D747823E3FA5A

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where the program threw an exception when attempting to save complete image information if no images were mounted
• When getting Windows PE configuration, the program no longer returns Could not get value MB if it fails to get the scratch space configuration
• Image information reports correctly detect the offline installation management mode now
• The image information saver now informs you when the target report file is being saved

New features

• The program now recommends monospaced fonts for log windows

• The initial setup wizard has had a minor redesign:

  • The Back and Cancel buttons are now hidden, in favor of the window controls

  

  The new Back button

• The image application drive specifier now uses native WMI queries instead of the helper command (dthelper /drinfo)

Note

This command will still perform its work, but is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. You will see the following message when manually running this command:

This function is deprecated and has been replaced by native WMI commands.
You can still access this function, but it will be removed in the future.

• When getting information of driver packages, the progress bar will smoothly increase in value now

What's Changed

• DISMTools Design Refresh (2023/11/12) by @CodingWonders in #64
• DISMTools 0.4 Preview 3 by @CodingWonders in #66

Full Changelog: v0.4_pre_23112...v0.4_pre_23113

v0.4_231112

This is the second preview release of DISMTools 0.4, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	A300697FF9B95982616E3F528A66A8B5109991E8C9E708ABC7355811E7E79528
Portable	31C5200BE187BAA11E86214D04B0B20B9C03B1B2F5CB6F1F6198F626F2C27201

Bugfixes

• The background process details panel is now hidden when leaving the offline or online installation management modes

New features

• You can now access the offline installation management mode from the File menu

• You will now see an image information report preview right after the generation process has been completed. You can even print it from there:

• When performing feature enablement, component store repair, and capability addition operations to an active installation in Safe Mode, the progress panel will inform you about it

• Added a menu entry to contribute to the help system

What's Changed

• DISMTools 0.4 Preview 2 by @CodingWonders in #62

Full Changelog: v0.4_pre_23111...v0.4_pre_23112

v0.4_231105

This is the first preview release of DISMTools 0.4, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	073F8E2D935F016DF1392214A70E1468E033151A7457BFC9D37C130D0D291CEF
Portable	54844AEE23E7B1A4D21C60EEFE24127D9015700740D40F7AF05E7BD12DEC9915

Bugfixes

• Updated the managed DISM API package to version 3.0 to fix an issue where the sizes of capabilities could overflow and return negative values

New features

• Introduced offline installation management capabilities

• You can now specify multiple files in the file picker of the AppX package addition dialog, and can now perform multiple selections

• All Windows Update-related settings are now disabled when managing an active installation in Safe Mode (without networking support)

What's Changed

• Disable Windows Update-related settings in Safe Mode without networking support by @CodingWonders in #57
• Update DISM API to version 3.0 by @CodingWonders in #59
• DISMTools 0.4 Preview 1 by @CodingWonders in #60

Full Changelog: v0.3.3_stable...v0.4_pre_23111

v0.3.3

DISMTools 0.3.3 is now out, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	A73889CD197C15311C610B185332CEB627FE28AE032927277451DC25C7958425
Portable	868F1725A89DD829F55460A68C3B945D4346CF8CC5271D881D47A8B92AAAF532

Changes made since last preview

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where the installed driver detection notification panel would be shown when the user is getting information from driver files
• Fixed a couple of issues in the package information dialog

New features

• The CLI version of the mounted image manager now lets you switch indexes of mounted images

• Added more functionality to the information saver

Overall changes

Bugfixes

Note

This will show the bugfixes of all preview versions

To view the fixes of a preview release, expand its section:

Preview 1

• Fixed a release status consistency issue

Preview 2

• The program should no longer output the - Check image integrity? and - Append image? options when unmounting an image while discarding changes

Preview 3

• The program no longer outputs a success message if the Windows ADK isn't installed or if an error occurred while copying the ADK files
• Enhanced the reliability of the App Installer downloader

Preview 4

• Fixed a couple of issues of the AppX package information dialog:
  • Fixed an issue where, if the install location, package manifest location, or store logo asset location couldn't be detected; they would not be updated and would show incorrect results
  • Fixed an issue where the program threw an exception if the package display name returned nothing
• The AppX resource save dialog no longer appends the friendly display name to the target file name

New features

• You can now view which settings are invalid
• You can now go to the Microsoft Apps and Microsoft Store Generation Project websites from the AppX package addition dialog

• French translations are now included

• Feature update detection now identifies Windows build 22635 as Windows 11 2023 Update Moment 5 and builds greater than 25941 as Germanium
• The program can now create image information reports

v0.3.3_231022

This is the fourth and final preview release of DISMTools 0.3.3, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	563E419E237F78B4E5F381808B4848C6B925A2FE6A378A45CB7CF8FADC80BB3A
Portable	401E7BDC7E6E3198575BDF6397F15AA3E5AF48CF460EA03A377DB74AD2C5FB1F

Bugfixes

• Fixed a couple of issues of the AppX package information dialog:
  • Fixed an issue where, if the install location, package manifest location, or store logo asset location couldn't be detected; they would not be updated and would show incorrect results
  • Fixed an issue where the program threw an exception if the package display name returned nothing
• The AppX resource save dialog no longer appends the friendly display name to the target file name

New features

• Feature update detection now detects Windows 11 builds greater than 25941 as Germanium
• The program can now create image information reports

Note

This feature isn't complete yet, but can get information about images, packages, features, AppX packages, and capabilities. This will become complete for the final version

What's Changed

• DISMTools 0.3.3 Preview 4 by @CodingWonders in #51

v0.3.3_231015

This is the third preview release of DISMTools 0.3.3, with new features and enhancements:

File hashes

File	Hash (SHA256)
Installer	3C90CEAFBC8CF1E45F7ED2195C8E232463C60F5CAF28C2555F3B732A885024F3
Portable	62E6E45A9CB041B6730037B2569C025F42B83CCF27E2348DB683355727E72E39

Bugfixes

• The program no longer outputs a success message if the Windows ADK isn't installed or if an error occurred while copying the ADK files
• Enhanced the reliability of the App Installer downloader

New features

• The program now gets feature update information for Windows 11 2023 Update Moment 5 (build 22635)
• French translations are complete

What's Changed

• DISMTools 0.3.3 Preview 3 by @CodingWonders in #49