Windows 11 sysprep generalize removes default app Windows Terminal

[PurpleTentacle]

I'm just starting to look at creating an image of Windows 11 for deployment and I've noticed an odd issue.

 

 

I haven't thoroughly tested this yet, but at the moment I believe that going from Audit Mode to OOBE with generalize seems to remove the Windows Terminal app if the device used to create the image was connected to the Internet during the image creation.

 

Has anyone else seen this? Is this behaviour be design?

 

🤷♂️

 

-Martin

[mavhc]

It's unlikely they test that much, they don't want you to use sysprep.

 

I just take the wim from the iso and put it on wds, then use scripts to alter it as it's deploying

[Zoom7000]

It's unlikely they test that much, they don't want you to use sysprep.

 

I just take the wim from the iso and put it on wds, then use scripts to alter it as it's deploying

 

Are you using MDT to deploy or WDS? If so, how do you execute the scripts during deployment. Also, are they PowerShell scripts?

[mavhc]

WDS, added running bat script in autounattend xml, no powershell in boot.wim by default

[Zoom7000]

WDS, added running bat script in autounattend xml, no powershell in boot.wim by default

 

Would you be happy to share some example scripts?

[mavhc]

Things like

 

reagentc.exe /disable
mkdir "C:\Program Files\Files\Temp"
pnputil /a \\server\share$\.....\prnkycl1.inf
call \\server\share$\.....\removeCapabilities.bat
call \\server\share$\.....\removeAppsOfflineServicing.bat
start /wait /min DISM.exe /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:.....
Dism /online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:"MicrosoftWindowsPowerShellV2Root" /ScratchDir:"C:\Program Files\Files\Temp"

 

removeCapabilities:

 

dism /scratchdir:"C:\program files\files\temp" /online /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:App.Flighting.InsiderHub~~~~0.0.1.0
dism /scratchdir:"C:\program files\files\temp" /online /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:RetailDemo.OfflineContent.Content~~~~0.0.1.0
dism /scratchdir:"C:\program files\files\temp" /online /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:RetailDemo.OfflineContent.Content~~~en-GB~0.0.1.0

 

removeApps:

 

@echo off
set INTEXTFILE=%~dp0\RemoveApps.xml
set REPLACETEXT=dism /scratchdir:"C:\program files\files\temp" /online /remove-provisionedappxpackage /packagename:
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

for /f "tokens=1,* delims=¶" %%A in ( '"type %INTEXTFILE%"') do (
SET cli=%%A
echo !cli!
SET modified=%REPLACETEXT%!cli!
echo !modified!
start /B /WAIT !modified!
)
rem pause

 

removeApps.xml isn't xml apparently:

Microsoft.BingFinance_4.6.169.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.BingNews_4.6.169.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.BingSports_4.6.169.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.CommsPhone_1.10.15000.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.ConnectivityStore_1.1509.1.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.Messaging_1.10.22012.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_2015.6306.23501.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
.....