This tool seems to have a lot of promise, and I'm eager to build a working ISO/USB-Installer with it. Thank you, Winterstorm, for your time to create it.
However, some of the options I do find very confusing, since there is no actual tutorial or even short info anywhere to be found.
Since WinReducer switches randomly between [checked=INSTALL] and [checked=DON'T INSTALL] for various option pages, I don't actually know on some pages if I should check or uncheck the boxes to get the desired result. On some pages it is explained what the checkbox means, but on many it isn't.
Like on these pages of the Components Reducer category, for example - does checked mean the features WILL BE installed, or does it mean they WON'T BE installed?
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In my opinion it would be less confusing if all the checkboxes on all pages were like this, for example - that would take the guesswork out of the problem:
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And then there's the part about drivers, updates, and .NET 3.5 integration:
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When I check the Drivers checkbox, the popup asks me for the folder with "prepared drivers for Windows 8." How do I prepare those drivers? I assume I can't just link to plain .exes, the drivers probably need a special format? Or maybe they just need to be extracted, so I have the usual .cat, .inf, .dll, .sys files? Either way, I have no clue as to what WinReducer wants me to do.
When I check the Updates checkbox, the popup asks me if I "want to keep my saved folder" - I have no clue what that means, there is no reference to a "saved folder" anywhere else. How do I integrate updates? Also, the Update Download Tool button is greyed out - how does one activate it, and where does it get its updates from?
The .NET 3.5 integration wants the root sxs folder, I assume, not a specific *netfx35* folder? Because there are about 40 of those in the sxs component storage.
I'd be very grateful for some clarifications - thanks in advance!
However, some of the options I do find very confusing, since there is no actual tutorial or even short info anywhere to be found.
Since WinReducer switches randomly between [checked=INSTALL] and [checked=DON'T INSTALL] for various option pages, I don't actually know on some pages if I should check or uncheck the boxes to get the desired result. On some pages it is explained what the checkbox means, but on many it isn't.
Like on these pages of the Components Reducer category, for example - does checked mean the features WILL BE installed, or does it mean they WON'T BE installed?
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In my opinion it would be less confusing if all the checkboxes on all pages were like this, for example - that would take the guesswork out of the problem:
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And then there's the part about drivers, updates, and .NET 3.5 integration:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
When I check the Drivers checkbox, the popup asks me for the folder with "prepared drivers for Windows 8." How do I prepare those drivers? I assume I can't just link to plain .exes, the drivers probably need a special format? Or maybe they just need to be extracted, so I have the usual .cat, .inf, .dll, .sys files? Either way, I have no clue as to what WinReducer wants me to do.
When I check the Updates checkbox, the popup asks me if I "want to keep my saved folder" - I have no clue what that means, there is no reference to a "saved folder" anywhere else. How do I integrate updates? Also, the Update Download Tool button is greyed out - how does one activate it, and where does it get its updates from?
The .NET 3.5 integration wants the root sxs folder, I assume, not a specific *netfx35* folder? Because there are about 40 of those in the sxs component storage.
I'd be very grateful for some clarifications - thanks in advance!