shanti Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Hi all,I'd like to know, if possible, how exactly vlite does remove the Winsxs component from the iso. I'm trying to follow a guideon the net that is using vlite but I'm only having errors, so I'd like to have (I know the source code is not possible) anexplanation on how Vlite does that process.Thank youShanti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 vLite deletes them and removes the entries from the registry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 I know, I'm aware of that, but I'd like to know the exact mechanism (like the commands or a set of batches) so I can manuallyreplicate it on my own without the needing of vlite since it crashes on me every time.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 The exact mechanism that vLite uses has never been published. The code is closed and the author has never made it public. You can not get in touch with the author about the vLite code any longer, and even if you could he is now prevented from speaking about it. Sorry.Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 he is now prevented from speaking about itin what way ?MS lawsuit or something ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 He now works for them and had to sign a non-disclosure.Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 winsxs removal with vlite is simple just remove list of files and save 250MB of files to make the setup/installation works well and thats alluse whereisit to see which files are safe to remove u may apply it to windows 8 if u know how to use whereisit good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 use whereisit to see which files are safe to remove u may apply it to windows 8 if u know how to use whereisit goodWhat is "whereisit"? Do you mean this - http://www.whereisit-soft.com/? How exactly would that help you "see which files are safe to remove"? I'm confused.Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanti Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Oh... well, I think that's good for him and bad for us, so I guess this thread can be closed since nobodycan answer my question without being persecuted by the law thanks anyway guys.Bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 use whereisit to see which files are safe to remove u may apply it to windows 8 if u know how to use whereisit goodWhat is "whereisit"? Do you mean this - http://www.whereisit-soft.com/? How exactly would that help you "see which files are safe to remove"? I'm confused.Cheers and Regardsyea this appu remove with vlite the winsxs and save it clg file with whereisit and have which files can be removed manuallyhowever using vlite is much more easier but if u got stuck u can use it this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 (edited) Why not just compare the ISO before and after applying vLite? You'll be able to compare the changes and reproduce them manually. Edited December 29, 2012 by tomasz86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 whereisit does it better and faster its work only for winsxs other components that vlite remove it change regs too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I am just not getting how WherIsIt can possibly do what you are saying. Is there any way I could you sweet talk you into making a video showing how you use it as you have tried to describe? Thanks in advance.Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I am just not getting how WherIsIt can possibly do what you are saying. Is there any way I could you sweet talk you into making a video showing how you use it as you have tried to describe? Thanks in advance.Cheers and Regardsopen 2 CTF filesand use camper to cataloged data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelabarre59 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) He now works for them and had to sign a non-disclosure.Cheers and RegardsThe exact mechanism that vLite uses has never been published. The code is closed and the author has never made it public. You can not get in touch with the author about the vLite code any longer, and even if you could he is now prevented from speaking about it. Sorry.Cheers and RegardsSo since vLite is no longer being supported (and never really worked right in the first place), what is there for an alternative for cleaning out all the cr(uft) out of WinVista? Since XP is going out of support this coming April, I need something to replace it on my brother's machines. Which means either telling him he's going to have to migrate to Linux (my preferred option anyway), or find some way to severely decrappify Vista (which I have licences for from salvaged machines). A third alternative would be to find dirt-cheap ($25-35) copies of Win7 Basic since, again, I don't want all the MS-bundled junk, and prefer using my own choice of media players, text editors, browser, mail client, DVD-writer, image editor, etc. when I build a MSWin system. Edited September 9, 2013 by jelabarre59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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