DISM.exe – Windows CMD Command
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. DISM enumerates, installs, uninstalls, configures, and updates features and packages in Windows images. The commands that are available depend on the image being serviced and whether the image is offline or running (online).
Syntax
DISM.exe [dism_options] {Imaging_command} [Imaging_arguments]
DISM.exe {/Image:path_to_offline_image | /Online} [dism_options]
{servicing_command} [servicing_arguments] /Apply-Image - Apply an image.
/Split-Image - Split an existing .wim file into multiple
read-only split WIM (SWM) files.
/Get-ImageInfo - Display information about images in a WIM, a VHD or a FFU file.
/Get-MountedImageInfo - Display information about mounted WIM and VHD images.
/Commit-Image - Save changes to a mounted WIM or VHD image.
/Mount-Image - Mount an image from a WIM or VHD file.
/Unmount-Image - Unmounts a mounted WIM or VHD image.
/Remount-Image - Recover an orphaned image mount directory.
/Cleanup-Mountpoints - Delete resources associated with corrupted mounted images.
Image Specifications:
/Online - Target the running operating system.
/Image - Specify the path to the root directory of an offline Windows image.
WIM options:
/Apply-CustomDataImage - Dehydrate files contained in the custom data image.
/Capture-CustomImage - Capture customizations into a delta WIM file on a WIMBoot system.
Captured directories include all subfolders and data.
/Get-WIMBootEntry - Display WIMBoot configuration entries for the specified disk volume.
/Update-WIMBootEntry - Update WIMBoot configuration entry for the specified disk volume.
/Append-Image - Add another image to a WIM file.
/List-Image - Display a list of the files and folders in a specified image.
/Export-Image - Export a copy of the specified image to another file.
/Delete-Image - Delete a volume image from a WIM file that has multiple volume images.
/Capture-Image - Capture an image of a drive into a new WIM file.
Captured directories include all subfolders and data.
/Get-MountedWimInfo - Display information about mounted WIM images.
/Get-WimInfo - Display information about images in a WIM file.
/Commit-Wim - Save changes to a mounted WIM image.
/Mount-Wim - Mount an image from a WIM file.
/Unmount-Wim - Unmount a mounted WIM image.
/Remount-Wim - Recover an orphaned WIM mount directory.
/Cleanup-Wim - Delete resources associated with mounted WIM images that are corrupt.Full Flash Update (FFU) options:
/Apply-Ffu - Apply an .ffu image.
/Capture-Ffu - Capture a physical disk image into a new FFU file.
/Split-Ffu - Split an existing .ffu file into multiple read-only split FFU files.DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) options:
/English - Display command line output in English.
/Format - Specify the report output format.
/LogPath - Specify the logfile path.
/LogLevel - Specify the output level shown in the log (1-4).
/NoRestart - Suppress automatic reboots and reboot prompts.
/Quiet - Suppress all output except for error messages.
/ScratchDir - Specify the path to a scratch directory.
/SysDriveDir - Specify the path to the system-loader file named BootMgr.
/WinDir - Specify the path to the Windows directory.The following commands may be used to service the image:
OS UNINSTALL SERVICING options:
/Set-OSUninstallWindow - Set the OS Uninstall Window.
/Get-OSUninstallWindow - Get the OS Uninstall Window.
/Remove-OSUninstall - Remove the OS Uninstall.
/Initiate-OSUninstall - Initiate the OS UninstallWINDOWS EDITION SERVICING options:
/Optimize-Image - Configure an offline image.
/Set-ProductKey - Set the product key of the offline image.
/Get-TargetEditions - Display a list of Windows editions that an image
can be upgraded to.
/Get-CurrentEdition - Display the edition of the current image.
/Set-Edition - Upgrade an image to a higher edition.
DEFAULT ASSOCIATIONS options:
/Remove-DefaultAppAssociations - Remove the default application associations
from a Windows image.
/Import-DefaultAppAssociations - Import a set of default application
associations to a Windows image.
/Get-DefaultAppAssociations - Display the list of default application
associations from a Windows image.
/Export-DefaultAppAssociations - Export the default application associations
from a running operating system.PROVISIONING PACKAGE SERVICING options:
/Get-ProvisioningPackageInfo - Get information about a provisioning package.
/Add-ProvisioningPackage - Add a provisioning package.APPX SERVICING options:
/Get-NonRemovableAppPolicy - List the package families configured
to be nonremovable by enterprise policy.
/Set-NonRemovableAppPolicy - Set the enterprise nonremovable policy for
a given package family.
/Optimize-ProvisionedAppxPackages - Optimize provisioned appx footprint by
hard-linking identical files across appx packages.
/Set-ProvisionedAppxDataFile - Place custom data into the specified app
package (.appx or .appxbundle). The specified
application package must already be in the image.
/Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage - Remove app packages (.appx or .appxbundle)
from the image. App packages will not be installed
when new user accounts are created.
/Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage - Add app packages (.appx or .appxbundle) to the
image and set them to install for each new user.
/Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages - Display information about app packages
(.appx or .appxbundle) in an image that are
set to install for each new user.UNATTEND SERVICING options:
/Apply-Unattend - Apply an unattend file to an image.DRIVER SERVICING options:
/Remove-Driver - Remove driver packages from an offline image.
/Add-Driver - Adds driver packages to an offline image.
/Get-DriverInfo - Display information about a specific driver
in an offline image or a running operating system.
/Get-Drivers - Display information about all drivers in
an offline image or a running operating system.
/Export-Driver - Export all third-party driver packages from an
offline image or a running operating system.INTERNATIONAL SERVICING options:
/Set-LayeredDriver - Set the keyboard layered driver.
/Set-UILang - Set the default system UI language that is used
in the mounted offline image.
/Set-UILangFallback - Set the fallback default language for the system
UI in the mounted offline image.
/Set-UserLocale - Set the user locale in the mounted offline image.
/Set-SysLocale - Set the language for non-Unicode programs (also
called system locale) and font settings in the
mounted offline image.
/Set-InputLocale - Set the input locales and keyboard layouts to
use in the mounted offline image.
/Set-TimeZone - Set the default time zone in the mounted offline
image.
/Set-AllIntl - Set all international settings in the mounted
offline image.
/Set-SKUIntlDefaults - Set all international settings to the default
values for the specified SKU language in the
mounted offline image.
/Gen-LangIni - Generate a new lang.ini file.
/Set-SetupUILang - Define the default language that will be used
by setup.
/Get-Intl - Display information about the international
settings and languages.
APPLICATION SERVICING options:
/Check-AppPatch - Display information if the MSP patches are
applicable to the mounted image.
/Get-AppPatchInfo - Display information about installed MSP patches.
/Get-AppPatches - Display information about all applied MSP patches
for all installed applications.
/Get-AppInfo - Display information about a specific installed MSI
application.
/Get-Apps - Display information about all installed MSI
applications.PACKAGE SERVICING options:
/Add-Package - Add packages to the image.
/Remove-Package - Remove a package from the image.
/Enable-Feature - Enable a specific feature in the image.
/Disable-Feature - Disable a specific feature in the image.
/Get-Packages - Display information about all packages in the image.
/Get-PackageInfo - Display information about a specific package.
/Get-Features - Display information about all features in a package.
/Get-FeatureInfo - Display information about a specific feature.
/Cleanup-Image - Performs cleanup and recovery operations on the image.
/Export-Source - Export a set of capabilities into a new repository.
/Add-Capability - Add one or more capabilities to an image.
/Remove-Capability - Remove a capability from one image.
/Get-Capabilities - Get capabilities in the image.
/Get-CapabilityInfo - Get information of a capability in the image.For more information about these servicing commands and their arguments,
specify a command immediately before /?.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Online /Get-Capabilities
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Apply-Unattend /?
DISM.exe /Online /Get-Drivers /?KEY:
Apply an image to a specified drive:
/Apply-Image /ImageFile:path_to_image_file /ApplyDir:target_directory
{/Index:image_index | /Name:image_name} [/CheckIntegrity] [/Verify]
[/NoRpFix] [/SWMFile:pattern] [/ConfirmTrustedFile] [/WIMBoot] [/Compact] [/EA]
/CheckIntegrity - Stop the operation if WIM file corruption is detected.
/Verify - Check for errors and file duplication.
/NoRpFix - Disable the reparse point tag fix.
/SWMFile - Reference split WIM files (SWMs).
pattern is the naming pattern and location of split files.
/ConfirmTrustedFile - Validate the image for Trusted Desktop on Windows 10, 8.1, or 8.
When using /Apply-Image with the /ConfirmTrustedFile option in WinPE, always
specify the /ScratchDir option pointed to a physical media location.
This ensures that short file names will always be available.
Use /EA to apply extended attributes.
/WIMBoot - Apply the image with WIMBoot configuration.
/Compact - Apply the image in compact mode.
/EA - Apply extended attributes.
/SFUFile - Reference split FFU files (SFUs).
pattern is the naming pattern and location of split files.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Apply-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:D:\
DISM.exe /Apply-Image /ImageFile:install.swm /SWMFile:install*.swm
/ApplyDir:D:\ /Index:1
Split an existing .wim file into multiple read-only split WIM files:
/Split-Image /ImageFile:path_to_image_file /SWMFile:path_to_swm
/FileSize:MB-Size [/CheckIntegrity] FileSize - Maximum size in megabytes (MB) for each created file.
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
Example:
DISM.exe /Split-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /SWMFile:split.swm /FileSize:650
Display information about the images that the specified WIM or VHD file contains:
/Get-ImageInfo /ImageFile:image_file [/Index:image_index | /Name:image_name]
Examples:
DISM.exe /Get-ImageInfo /ImageFile:C:\test\images\F4T.wim
DISM.exe /Get-ImageInfo /ImageFile:C:\test\images\F4T.vhd /Index:1
DISM.exe /Get-ImageInfo /ImageFile:C:\test\images\F4T.ffu
Display information about mounted images, including whether the image
is ready for servicing, needs a remount, or is an invalid image:
/Get-MountedImageInfo
Example:
DISM.exe /Get-MountedImageInfo
Apply changes to the mounted image:
The image remains mounted until the /Unmount-Image option is used.
/Commit-Image /MountDir:target_mount_directory [/Append] [/CheckIntegrity]
/Append - Add the image to an existing .wim file.
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
Example:
DISM.exe /Commit-Image /MountDir:C:\test\offline
Mount the image to the specified directory so that it is available for servicing:
/Mount-Image /ImageFile:path_to_image_file
{/Index:image_index | /Name:image_name} /MountDir:target_mount_directory
[/ReadOnly] [/Optimize] [/CheckIntegrity]
/Optimize - Reduce initial mount time.
/CheckIntegrity - Stop the operation if WIM file corruption is detected.
/ReadOnly - Set the mounted image to have read-only permissions.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /Index:1
/MountDir:C:\test\offline
DISM.exe /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\test\images\myimage.vhd /Index:1
/MountDir:C:\test\offline /ReadOnly
Unmount the WIM or VHD. Use /Commit to save the changes or /Discard to discard:
/Unmount-Image /MountDir:target_mount_directory
{/Discard | /Commit [/Append] [/CheckIntegrity]}
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
/Append - Add the image to an existing .wim file.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\test\offline /Commit
DISM.exe /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\test\offline /Discard
Recover an orphaned image mount directory:
/Remount-Image /MountDir:target_mount_directory
Example:
DISM.exe /Remount-Image /MountDir:C:\test\offline
Delete resources associated with a corrupted mounted image:
/Cleanup-Mountpoints
This command does not unmount a mounted image. It also does not delete
images that can be recovered by using the /Remount-Image command.
Example:
DISM.exe /Cleanup-Mountpoints
The path to the root directory of the offline Windows image:
/Image:path_to_offline_image
This option must be used with a servicing command.
Example:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Packages
Dehydrate files contained in the custom data image to save space:
/Apply-CustomDataImage /SingleInstance /CustomDataImage:packge_path /ImagePath:image_Path
Example:
DISM.exe /Apply-CustomDataImage /CustomDataImage:C:\oem.ppkg /ImagePath:C:\ /SingleInstance
Capture image customizations into a new WIM file on a WIMBoot system:
/Capture-CustomImage /CaptureDir:source_directory [/ConfigFile:wimscript.ini]
[/CheckIntegrity] [/Verify] [/ConfirmTrustedFile]
/ConfigFile - Location of a configuration file to list exclusions for image capture and compress commands.
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
/Verify - Check for errors and file duplication.
/ConfirmTrustedFile - Validate the image for Trusted Desktop. Supported platforms.
Captured directories include all subfolders and data. You cannot capture an empty directory.
Note: this command only captures the customization files.
It cannot be used to capture the installation files into a new WIM.
Example:
DISM.exe /Capture-CustomImage /CaptureDir:D:\
Display WIMBoot configuration entries for the specified disk volume:
/Get-WIMBootEntry /Path:volume_path
Example:
DISM.exe /Get-WIMBootEntry /Path:C:\
Update WIMBoot configuration entry, associated with the specified
data source ID, with the renamed or moved image file path:
/Update-WIMBootEntry /Path:volume_path /DataSourceID:data_source_id
/ImageFile:renamed_image_path
/Path - The disk volume of the WIMBoot configuration.
/DataSourceID - The data source ID as displayed by Get-WIMBootEntry.
Example:
DISM.exe /Update-WIMBootEntry /Path:C:\ /DataSourceID:0
/ImageFile:R:\Install.wim
Add another image to a WIM file:
/Append-Image /ImageFile:path_to_image_file /CaptureDir:source_directory
/Name:Name [/Description:Description] [/ConfigFile:wimscript.ini]
{[/Bootable] | [/WIMBoot]} [/CheckIntegrity] [/Verify] [/NoRpFix] [/EA]
/ConfigFile - Location of a configuration file that lists
exclusions for image capture and compress commands.
/Bootable - Mark a Windows PE volume image as able to be booted.
/WIMBoot - Append a WIMBoot configured image to a WIM file.
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
/Verify - Check for errors and file duplication.
/NoRpFix - Disable the reparse point tag fix.
/EA - Capture Extended Attributes.
Example:
DISM.exe /Append-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /CaptureDir:D:\ /Name:Drive-D
Display a list of the files and folders within a specified image:
/List-Image /ImageFile:path_to_image_file {/Index:image_index | /Name:image_name}
Example:
DISM.exe /List-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /Index:1
Export a copy of the specified image to another file:
/Export-Image {/SourceImageFile:path_to_image_file | [/SWMFile:pattern]}
{/SourceIndex:image_index | /SourceName:image_name}
/DestinationImageFile:path_to_image_file [/DestinationName:Name]
{[/Compress:{fast|max|none|recovery}] [/Bootable] | [/WIMBoot]} [/CheckIntegrity]
The source and destination files must use the same compression type.
/SWMFile - Reference split WIM files (SWMs).
pattern is the naming pattern and location of split files.
/Compress - The capture compression used when exporting an image to a new WIM file.
/Bootable - Mark a Windows PE volume image as able to be booted.
/WIMBoot - Export an image that can be applied with WIMBoot configuration.
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
Example:
DISM.exe /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:install.wim /SourceIndex:1
/DestinationImageFile:install2.wim
Delete a volume image from a WIM file that has multiple volume images.
/Delete-Image /ImageFile:path_to_image_file
{/Index:image_index | /Name:image_name} [/CheckIntegrity]
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
Example:
DISM.exe /Delete-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /Index:1
Capture an image of a drive to a new WIM file:
/Capture-Image /ImageFile:path_to_image_file /CaptureDir:source_directory
/Name:Name [/Description:Description] [/ConfigFile:wimscript.ini]
{[/Compress:{fast|max|none}] [/Bootable] | [/WIMBoot]}
[/CheckIntegrity] [/Verify] [/NoRpFix] [/EA]
Captured directories include all subfolders and data. You cannot capture an empty directory.
/ConfigFile - A config file listing exclusions for image capture and compress commands.
/Compress - The type of compression used for the initial capture operation.
/Bootable - Mark a Windows PE volume image as able to be booted.
/WIMBoot - Capture the image that can be applied with WIMBoot configuration.
/CheckIntegrity - Detect and track WIM file corruption.
/Verify - Check for errors and file duplication.
/NoRpFix - Disable the reparse point tag fix.
/EA - Capture extended attributes.
Example:
DISM.exe /Capture-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /CaptureDir:D:\
/Name:Drive-D
Display information about mounted images:
/Get-MountedWimInfo
Includes whether the image is ready for servicing, needs a remount, or is an invalid image.
Example:
DISM.exe /Get-MountedWimInfo
Display information about the images contained in the specified WIM file:
/Get-WimInfo /WimFile:WIM_file [/Index:image_index | /Name:image_name]
Examples:
DISM.exe /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim
DISM.exe /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /Index:1
Apply changes to the mounted image:
/Commit-Wim /MountDir:target_mount_directory [/EA]
The image remains mounted until /Unmount-Wim is used.
/EA - Save extended attributes.
Example:
DISM.exe /Commit-Wim /MountDir:C:\test\offline
Mount the WIM file to the specified directory so that it is available for servicing.
/Mount-Wim /WimFile:path_to_WIM_file
{/Index:image_index | /Name:image_name}
/MountDir:target_mount_directory [/ReadOnly] [/EA]
/ReadOnly - Set the mounted image to have read-only permissions.
/EA - Mount with extended attributes.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1
/MountDir:C:\test\offline
DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1
/MountDir:C:\test\offline /ReadOnly
Unmount the WIM file:
/Unmount-Wim /MountDir:target_mount_directory {/Commit | /Discard} [/EA]
/Commit - Save the changes
/Discard - Discard the changes.
/EA - Save extended attributes.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\test\offline /commit
DISM.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\test\offline /discard
Recover an orphaned WIM mount directory:
/Remount-Wim /MountDir:target_mount_directory
Example:
DISM.exe /Remount-Wim /MountDir:C:\test\offline
Delete resources associated with a corrupted mounted image:
/Cleanup-Wim
This command does not unmount a mounted image; it also does not delete
images that can be recovered by using the /Remount-WIM command.
Example:
DISM.exe /Cleanup-Wim
Apply an .ffu image to a specified physical drive:
/Apply-Ffu /ImageFile:path_to_image_file /ApplyDrive:physical_drive_path
[/SFUFile:pattern]
Use /SFUFile to reference split FFU files (SFUs). pattern is the naming
pattern and location of split files.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Apply-Ffu /ImageFile:flash.ffu
/ApplyDrive:\\.\PhysicalDrive0
Capture a physical disk image to a new FFU file:
/Capture-Ffu /ImageFile:path_to_image_file /CaptureDrive:physical_drive_path
/Name:Name [/Description:Description] [/PlatformIds:platform_ids]
[/Compress:{default|none}]
/PlatformIds - One or more platform ids (separate with semicolon) to be add
to the image. If not specified, platform id will be '*'.
/Compress - The type of compression used for the initial capture operation.
Example:
DISM.exe /Capture-Ffu /ImageFile:install.ffu
/CaptureDrive:\\.\PhysicalDrive0 /Name:Drive0
/PlatformIds:Qualcomm.MSM8994.P6211;Microsoft.MSM8994.P6211
/Compress:default
Split an existing .ffu file into multiple read-only split FFU files.
/Split-Ffu /ImageFile:path_to_image_file /SFUFile:path_to_sfu
/FileSize:MB-Size [/CheckIntegrity]
/FileSize - The maximum size in megabytes (MB) for each created file.
Example:
DISM.exe /Split-Image /ImageFile:flash.ffu /SFUFile:flash.sfu
/FileSize:650
Display command line output in English:
/English
Examples:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Format:Table /English /Get-Packages
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /English /Get-DriverInfo /Driver:oem0.inf
Specify the output format of a report:
/Format:output_format
The option has no effect when used with a command that does not generate reports, or
a command that does not support this option. The accepted values for output_format are:
Table = Display the report in a table.
List = Display the report in a list of name/value pairs.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Format:Table /Get-Packages
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Format:List /Get-Features
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Format:Table /Get-Drivers
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Format:List /Get-Apps
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Format:Table /Get-AppPatches
Specify the path to the DISM logfile:
/LogPath:path_to_logfile
If not specified, the default is %windir%\Logs\DISM\dism.log.
Example:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /logpath:C:\LogFiles\dism.log
Specify the maximum output level shown in logs:
/LogLevel:n
The accepted values for n:
1 = Errors only
2 = Errors and warnings
3 = Errors, warnings, and information
4 = All the above and debug output
If not specified, n defaults to 3 (maximum logging).
Example:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /loglevel:1
Suppress restart prompting:
/NoRestart
Example:
DISM.exe /Online /norestart
A temporary directory to be used for extracting files for servicing:
/ScratchDir:path_to_directory
The directory must exist, If not set, the Windows Profile temporary directory will be used.
Example:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /scratchdir:D:\Scratch
Specify the path to the directory of the bootmgr file:
/Image:path_to_offline_image [/SysDriveDir:path_to_bootmgr]
If not specified, it defaults to the offline image path.
This option cannot be used with the /Online option.
Example:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /SysDriveDir:C:\
Specify the path to the Windows directory relative to the image path:
/Image:path_to_offline_image [/WinDir:Windows_directory]
If not specified, it defaults to "Windows".
This option cannot be used with the /Online option.
Example:
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /WinDir:WinDISM commands are used on offline images, but subsets of the DISM commands are also available for servicing a running operating system.
The DISM PowerShell cmdlets are largely identical to the command-line tool, but DISM.exe does include some additional functionality to support servicing commands for international settings
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