DISM Error: 0x800f0805

I was removing some packages in offline mode from Windows 7 HomePremium X64 image and I received this error on some of them.

DISM v6.1.7600.16385
Error: 0x800f0805
The specified package is not valid windows package.

Examples:

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-MultiplayerInboxGames-Package~31bf3856ad3
64e35~amd64~en-US~6.1.7601.17514
Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-Optional-Package~31bf3856ad364
e35~amd64~en-US~8.0.7601.17514
Microsoft-Windows-MediaCenter-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-U
S~6.1.7601.17514

Does it mean that they're not in the image?

1 Answer

You can't remove them directly. There is some work in the registry required to make them visible to DISM. There is already a tool which does it for you.

It is called install_wim_tweak.exe.

Open a cmd.exe as admin and run install_wim_tweak.exe /o /l to dump all available packages into the Packages.txt. Open it to see the name of all packages and run install_wim_tweak.exe /o /c Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-Optional-Package /r to kill IE.