How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

N A Malik — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:26:34 GMT

Can we extract multiple MSU file to cab? I mean if you have 100 updates then you not need to write command 100 times.

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

Pronichkin — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:25:26 GMT

@OdgeUK

Well, how about this?

.\Dism.exe /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:"Package_for_KB1234567~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.2.1.0"

The list of installed packages and their respective names can be obtained by running

.\Dism.exe /Online /Get-Packages

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

OdgeUK — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:33:32 GMT

Please could you tell me how to uninstall a package installed in this way, if you no longer have the file in the Temp Directory?

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

Knuckle-Dragger — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:16:48 GMT

Thanks

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

Eduardo Oliveira — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:22:32 GMT

Very useful post. I had tried the same thing than you (just put .MSU in a folder and try to call DISM to install), but didn't found the file. Now works fine after expanding.

Thanks.

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

Pronichkin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:51:07 GMT

Not with dism, but you can use standard “double expand” approach or a tool like CBS Package Inspector (archive.msdn.microsoft.com/packageinspector). The latter is designed specifically for Windows Embedded, but since the Component stack is the same, it works for regular Windows packages just fine.

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

makimaxi — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:43:26 GMT

Very clear post.

May I ask if it is possible through DISM (or through other tools) to list all files that are changed for an hotfix?

Many Thanks

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

Pronichkin — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:44:52 GMT

Hi dj_palindrome,

What stops you from going the same approach with DISM?

Dism.exe /online /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Users\i0028l\Downloads\update-bf.mum"

This works perfectly for me.

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

dj_palindrome — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:33:31 GMT

Might I ask how to install LDR (QFE) hotfix service branches from the command line using DISM?

I'll admit I'm afraid of DISM syntax, so I use something like "pkgmgr /ip /m:update-bf.mum /log:pkgmgr_x64" after expanding the CAB file inside the MSU package.

I know that the use of pkgmgr is deprecated and it is actually shimmed to call DISM. However even the DISM logs look scary ;-o

re: How to use DISM to install a hotfix from within Windows

Drewfus — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:30:21 GMT

Good rundown Emmers.

I've used this method to install IE offline, except that I point the PackagePath to the XML file (answerfile) in the expanded source. It works well. Fast and avoids a reboot.

Can you explain why OS service packs cannot be installed using MSU technology? That is, why can't service packs be installed offline?

One more off topic question. DISM can do many imaging and deployment related tasks, except that it cannot create catalog (.clg) files. This prevents the entire build process being automated, as modifying an offline image would require a new catalog file be created. Any chance of a /make-catalog switch in a future DISM update?