DISM is short for Deployment Image Servicing and Management. It can be used in new deployments as well as repairing the local image (the OS on the laptop or desktop). It is a very useful tool to know.
Good news is it is installed with Windows 8.1 and is found here typically:
C:\windows\System32
If you search for it you may find it in several folders.
These are listed in my Windows 8.1 Professional (x64).
How do you use it?
It is a command line tool and you need to bring up command processor with administrative privileges
(Run As Administrator) also know as elevated mode. If you are unable to run cmd.exe in elevated mode like it happenned to me follow this link for the procedure to run in elevated mode.
http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-run-command-processor-in.html
Now type dism /? after the C:\ prompt. You get the help file as shown and you get to display the file
details and its usage.
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>dism /?
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031
DISM.exe [dism_options] {Imaging_command} []
DISM.exe {/Image: | /Online} [dism_options]
{servicing_command} []
DESCRIPTION:
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.
GENERIC IMAGING COMMANDS:
/Get-MountedImageInfo - Displays information about mounted WIM and VHD
images.
/Get-ImageInfo - Displays information about images in a WIM or VHD
file.
/Commit-Image - Saves changes to a mounted WIM or VHD image.
/Unmount-Image - Unmounts a mounted WIM or VHD image.
/Mount-Image - Mounts an image from a WIM or VHD file.
/Remount-Image - Recovers an orphaned image mount directory.
/Cleanup-Mountpoints - Deletes resources associated with corrupted
mounted images.
WIM COMMANDS:
/Capture-CustomImage - Captures customizations into a delta WIM file on a
WIMBoot system. Captured directories include all
subfolders and data.
/Get-WIMBootEntry - Displays WIMBoot configuration entries for the speci
fied disk volume.
/Update-WIMBootEntry - Updates WIMBoot configuration entry for the specifie
d disk volume.
/List-Image - Displays a list of the files and folders in a
specified image.
/Delete-Image - Deletes the specified volume image from a WIM file
that has multiple volume images.
/Split-Image - Splits an existing .wim file into multiple
read-only split WIM (SWM) files.
/Export-Image - Exports a copy of the specified image to another
file.
/Append-Image - Adds another image to a WIM file.
/Capture-Image - Captures an image of a drive into a new WIM file.
Captured directories include all subfolders and
data.
/Apply-Image - Applies an image.
/Get-MountedWimInfo - Displays information about mounted WIM images.
/Get-WimInfo - Displays information about images in a WIM file.
/Commit-Wim - Saves changes to a mounted WIM image.
/Unmount-Wim - Unmounts a mounted WIM image.
/Mount-Wim - Mounts an image from a WIM file.
/Remount-Wim - Recovers an orphaned WIM mount directory.
/Cleanup-Wim - Deletes resources associated with mounted WIM
images that are corrupted.
IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS:
/Online - Targets the running operating system.
/Image - Specifies the path to the root directory of an
offline Windows image.
DISM OPTIONS:
/English - Displays command line output in English.
/Format - Specifies the report output format.
/WinDir - Specifies the path to the Windows directory.
/SysDriveDir - Specifies the path to the system-loader file named
BootMgr.
/LogPath - Specifies the logfile path.
/LogLevel - Specifies the output level shown in the log (1-4).
/NoRestart - Suppresses automatic reboots and reboot prompts.
/Quiet - Suppresses all output except for error messages.
/ScratchDir - Specifies the path to a scratch directory.
For more information about these DISM options and their arguments, specify an
option immediately before /?.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /?
DISM.exe /ScratchDir /?
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /?
DISM.exe /Online /?
C:\Windows\system32>
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You can get more information as shown in the examples above.
If some of your files are corrupted and causing problems you can use this tool to see which of them are corrupted and also heal them using uncorrupted versions.
It works on many Windows platforms:
- Windows 8
- Windows 81
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008 R2
Also review this link for Windows 7 related information:
Good news is it is installed with Windows 8.1 and is found here typically:
C:\windows\System32
If you search for it you may find it in several folders.
These are listed in my Windows 8.1 Professional (x64).
How do you use it?
It is a command line tool and you need to bring up command processor with administrative privileges
(Run As Administrator) also know as elevated mode. If you are unable to run cmd.exe in elevated mode like it happenned to me follow this link for the procedure to run in elevated mode.
http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-run-command-processor-in.html
Now type dism /? after the C:\ prompt. You get the help file as shown and you get to display the file
details and its usage.
--------------------
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>dism /?
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031
DISM.exe [dism_options] {Imaging_command} [
DISM.exe {/Image:
{servicing_command} [
DESCRIPTION:
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.
GENERIC IMAGING COMMANDS:
/Get-MountedImageInfo - Displays information about mounted WIM and VHD
images.
/Get-ImageInfo - Displays information about images in a WIM or VHD
file.
/Commit-Image - Saves changes to a mounted WIM or VHD image.
/Unmount-Image - Unmounts a mounted WIM or VHD image.
/Mount-Image - Mounts an image from a WIM or VHD file.
/Remount-Image - Recovers an orphaned image mount directory.
/Cleanup-Mountpoints - Deletes resources associated with corrupted
mounted images.
WIM COMMANDS:
/Capture-CustomImage - Captures customizations into a delta WIM file on a
WIMBoot system. Captured directories include all
subfolders and data.
/Get-WIMBootEntry - Displays WIMBoot configuration entries for the speci
fied disk volume.
/Update-WIMBootEntry - Updates WIMBoot configuration entry for the specifie
d disk volume.
/List-Image - Displays a list of the files and folders in a
specified image.
/Delete-Image - Deletes the specified volume image from a WIM file
that has multiple volume images.
/Split-Image - Splits an existing .wim file into multiple
read-only split WIM (SWM) files.
/Export-Image - Exports a copy of the specified image to another
file.
/Append-Image - Adds another image to a WIM file.
/Capture-Image - Captures an image of a drive into a new WIM file.
Captured directories include all subfolders and
data.
/Apply-Image - Applies an image.
/Get-MountedWimInfo - Displays information about mounted WIM images.
/Get-WimInfo - Displays information about images in a WIM file.
/Commit-Wim - Saves changes to a mounted WIM image.
/Unmount-Wim - Unmounts a mounted WIM image.
/Mount-Wim - Mounts an image from a WIM file.
/Remount-Wim - Recovers an orphaned WIM mount directory.
/Cleanup-Wim - Deletes resources associated with mounted WIM
images that are corrupted.
IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS:
/Online - Targets the running operating system.
/Image - Specifies the path to the root directory of an
offline Windows image.
DISM OPTIONS:
/English - Displays command line output in English.
/Format - Specifies the report output format.
/WinDir - Specifies the path to the Windows directory.
/SysDriveDir - Specifies the path to the system-loader file named
BootMgr.
/LogPath - Specifies the logfile path.
/LogLevel - Specifies the output level shown in the log (1-4).
/NoRestart - Suppresses automatic reboots and reboot prompts.
/Quiet - Suppresses all output except for error messages.
/ScratchDir - Specifies the path to a scratch directory.
For more information about these DISM options and their arguments, specify an
option immediately before /?.
Examples:
DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /?
DISM.exe /ScratchDir /?
DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /?
DISM.exe /Online /?
C:\Windows\system32>
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You can get more information as shown in the examples above.
If some of your files are corrupted and causing problems you can use this tool to see which of them are corrupted and also heal them using uncorrupted versions.
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