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v0.4

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

File hashes

File Hash (SHA256)
Installer FDB4C75650F5C5D73107618D28A11B624C3B237DD624DD366219FD570601AF4C
Portable 260B9C6939244907364983ECFB02D69DF70A6E8FD4B4A0A0E2988F8BA8270B2A

Changes made since last preview

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 changes

Bugfixes

Note

This will show the bugfixes of all preview versions. To view them, expand a section

Preview 1
  • 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
Preview 2
  • The background process details panel is now hidden when leaving the offline or online installation management modes
Preview 3
  • 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
Preview 4
  • Fixed an issue where the feature information dialog would not load when its entry in the Commands menu was clicked
Preview 5
  • Added exception handling to the log file link in the progress panel (more info on #76, thanks @Guarmanda for reporting this issue)
Preview 6
  • 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
Preview 7
  • 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

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)

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 about driver packages, the progress bar will smoothly increase in value now

  • The project screen has been redesigned

Note

The old design can still be accessed by going to the personalization settings

  • 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

New Contributors

Changes since last preview: v0.4_pre_23123...v0.4_stable
Full Changelog: v0.3.3_stable...v0.4_stable

Important

This version has been recompiled to fix issue #91 (thanks @IrishWraith). If you've already downloaded this version and experienced driver folder addition issues, download this updated version

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