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DISMTools Changelog

What's new in DISMTools 0.5_240414 Pre-release

Apr 14, 2024
  • New features:
  • Added the ability to create custom ISO files that can be used to test your Windows image easily
  • Custom ISO files contain a custom Preinstallation Environment (PE) that is created during the ISO creation process and that performs installation steps using a command-line interface
  • The pop-up version of the mounted image manager can now be closed by pressing the Esc key
  • Encrypted AppX packages (.eappx, .eappxbundle, .emsix and .emsixbundle) can now be added when managing the active installation

New in DISMTools 0.5_240414 Pre-release (Apr 14, 2024)

  • New features:
  • Added the ability to create custom ISO files that can be used to test your Windows image easily

New in DISMTools / 0.5_240331 Pre-release (Apr 1, 2024)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the image information saver would throw an exception when getting information about some AppX packages
  • Fixed an issue where the program would throw an exception in the driver import dialog
  • New features:
  • All information dialogs have received Search capabilities
  • Video playback support has been added
  • Added initial feature update detection for builds in the Dilithium semester
  • You can access the background process details panel by pressing the Alt + B key combination now
  • Added the ability to append directories to a new index in the Windows image
  • You can now access the 10 most recent projects from the File menu
  • ou can now configure the program to show the expanded progress panel by default

New in DISMTools 0.4.2 Update 1 (Mar 31, 2024)

  • This is an update to DISMTools 0.4.2, with bugfixes and enhancements from the preview releases of version 0.5

New in DISMTools 0.5_240317 Pre-release (Mar 16, 2024)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the SWM file pattern chooser would not look right when switching from dark mode to light mode
  • Fixed some improper progress panel disposal issues
  • Fixed an issue where the program would show update recommendations for older versions of DISMTools (nightly versions only)
  • Fixed some exceptions that were thrown by the AppX package information dialog
  • New features:
  • Added the ability to export a Windows image
  • The program can now clean up mount points on closure (option) and on-demand
  • When opening a File Explorer window to select a file, the program will now do that instead of just opening the directory the file is in
  • Internal errors are no longer shown on a generic dialog. Instead, they are now shown in a dedicated window
  • The App Installer downloader now shows the download URL, the download speed, and the estimated time remaining for the transfer

New in DISMTools 0.4.2 (Mar 16, 2024)

  • New features and enhancements:
  • The default window size of the image information results dialog is now 1024x600
  • The alignment of the Recents list items to the home screen tasks has been improved
  • Portuguese translations are now complete
  • Overall bugfixes:
  • Fixed some minor text editor issues in the Configuration List Editor
  • Fixed an issue where the "Pick..." button in the image file information dialog would not be disabled automatically when selecting "Currently mounted image"

New in DISMTools 0.5_240303 Pre-release (Mar 2, 2024)

  • Last changes for DISMTools 0.4.2.
  • DISMTools 0.4.2.
  • DISMTools 0.5 Preview.

New in DISMTools 0.4.2_240225 Pre-release (Feb 24, 2024)

  • New features:
  • Portuguese translations are halfway done.
  • CODE: size representation procedures in the DISMTools Utilities class now support petabytes (PB)
  • Project creation times have been reduced.
  • What's Changed:
  • DISMTools 0.4.2 Preview 3.

New in DISMTools 0.4_240218 Pre-release (Feb 18, 2024)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed some minor text editor issues in the Configuration List Editor
  • Fixed an issue where the "Pick..." button in the image file information dialog would not be disabled automatically when selecting "Currently mounted image"
  • New features:
  • You can now view the general information of a driver file
  • A help entry for downloading applications has been added to the AppX package addition dialog
  • You can now perform operating system uninstallation tasks:
  • Setting the uninstall window
  • Initiating an OS uninstall
  • Removing the rollback ability
  • Getting the uninstall window

New in DISMTools 0.4.1 (Feb 18, 2024)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Dates of the RSS feed news are now represented correctly
  • New features:
  • Added 2 new command-line arguments: /offline (enters the offline installation management mode) and /? (shows the following message)
  • Removed features:
  • The old method of getting drives through WMIC is now removed. Typing dthelper /drinfo will now result in an unrecognized command

New in DISMTools 0.4_240211 Pre-release (Feb 10, 2024)

  • New features:
  • An initial implementation of Portuguese translations has been added
  • Updated the DISM API library to version 3.1
  • What's Changed:
  • Last changes for DISMTools 0.4.1
  • DISMTools 0.4.1
  • DISMTools 0.4.2 Preview 1

New in DISMTools 0.4_240128 Pre-release (Jan 27, 2024)

  • Fixed a couple of issues
  • Initial implementation of driver import functionality and added detai…
  • Add translations to driver import, fix some issues regarding it, and …
  • Update What's New section and update system information files

New in DISMTools 0.4 (Jan 7, 2024)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the Save buttons of information dialogs weren't positioned correctly on Windows 8 hosts
  • Fixed an issue where the AppX package information dialog would not work on Windows 8 hosts
  • New features:
  • When dropping a folder to the driver addition list, you can now pick driver files in it manually
  • The home screen has been redesigned
  • Friendly representations of the sizes in the application drive specifier are now shown
  • Overall 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)
  • You will now see an image information report preview right after the generation process has been completed. You can even print it from there
  • Added a menu entry to contribute to the help system
  • The program now recommends monospaced fonts for log windows
  • The initial setup wizard has had a minor redesign
  • The image application drive specifier now uses native WMI queries instead of the helper command (dthelper /drinfo)
  • When getting information about driver packages, the progress bar will smoothly increase in value now
  • The project screen has been redesigned
  • You can now configure the image information saver settings
  • The image capture dialog has seen some enhancements to add translations
  • Help documentation contents are now included
  • Removed features:
  • The temporary help dialog in the AppX package removal dialog has been removed in favor of the help documentation contents
  • Update system changes:
  • The update system has been overhauled:
  • The update system will now run the installer silently when updating non-portable installations
  • The process close functionality has been improved
  • What's Changed:
  • Last design changes for DISMTools 0.4 by @CodingWonders in #87
  • Last changes for DISMTools 0.4 by @CodingWonders in #89
  • DISMTools 0.4 by @CodingWonders in #90
  • Update region_fullname.txt by @FowlerJohn in #88

New in DISMTools 0.4_240107 Pre-release (Jan 6, 2024)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Driver information background processes no longer fail on Windows 7 images
  • The image information report preview window is no longer shown behind other windows
  • The help documentation content browser no longer redirects to the Help home page if its window lost focus or was minimized
  • New features:
  • You can now get image file information of SWM files

New in DISMTools 0.4_23123 Pre-release (Dec 17, 2023)

  • 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

New in DISMTools 0.4_23122 Pre-release (Dec 9, 2023)

  • 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
  • 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

New in DISMTools 0.4_231203 Pre-release (Dec 2, 2023)

  • 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

New in DISMTools 0.4_231126 Pre-release (Nov 25, 2023)

  • DISMTools 0.4 Design Overhaul (2023/11/18)
  • DISMTools Design Refresh (Black Friday Update)
  • DISMTools Design Refresh (2023/11/25)
  • DISMTools 0.4 Preview 4 by

New in DISMTools 0.4_231119 Pre-release (Nov 18, 2023)

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

New in DISMTools 0.4_231112 Pre-release (Nov 11, 2023)

  • 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

New in DISMTools 0.4_231105 Pre-release (Nov 5, 2023)

  • 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

New in DISMTools 0.3.3 (Oct 30, 2023)

  • 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
  • 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