I got a question today regarding the ability of pkgmgr to uninstall a package. I think everyone knows that you can add packages with WAIK in the latest version but you can also remove or update packages as well as the built in Windows features.
If you want to remove a package from a Vista image (WIM) you can use pkgmgr.exe to accomplish this in a couple ways.
start /w pkgmgr.exe /up /m:c:\packages
where /m: is used to specify the folder and path to your packages.
start /w pkgmgr.exe /up /p:"package name"
where "package name" is the name of the package
If you want to remove or disable a feature in your image you can also use pkgmgr.
start /w pkgmgr.exe /uu:feature_name
where feature_name is the command line name of the Microsoft-Windows-Foundation Package feature, e.g. Games would be specified by using InboxGames.
You can obtain a list of the features and their command line equivalent here.
If the feature is not included in the Microsoft-Windows-Foundation Package (MWFP) then you will need to use the /p switch to specify the name of the package like so.
start /w pkgmgr.exe /uu: /p:"package name"
where "package name" is the name of the package that is not part of the MWFP.
If you have multiple packages or features to remove you can do this all in a single command line just use the semicolon to separate the names of the packages, paths, or feature names.
Here is a list of all command line options:
pkgmgr.exe 
[/?] [/h] [/help]
[/l:file_name]
[/ip]
[/iu:Windows_feature_name]
[/m:package_directory]
[/n:answer_file]
[/norestart]
[/o:system_drive_path;offline_Windows_directory_path]
[/p:package_name]
[/quiet]
[/s:sandbox_directory]
[/up:package_name]
[/uu:Windows_feature_name]
Full details here Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK)
Regards,
Anthony
Anthony Clendenen | Solutions Engineer | 1E
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