Make A Custom Windows 10 ISO 

Because the official website seems to be down I found a GitHub mirror of the MSMG Toolkit. I haven't used it, so use at your own risk. github.com/iammrmehedi/msmg-toolkit Hope this helps people out.

I've been working on computers for 25+ years. I just wanted to say thanks for teaching this Old Dog a new trick. I had no idea this tool existed! I've been using the MSDN dev kit FOREVER and even after using it over and over through the years, it's still such a cumbersome process. FYI: This works with Win 11 ISOs created from UUP Dump, also. The menus change a bit, but it's easy enough to get through with the walk through that you have given.

Wow, this was a really in depth tutorial. No click bait here, you really did what you promised. Impressed with your devotion and detailing.. Subscribed because you earned it :o)

Update: I've recently been made aware in the comments that this tool is charging $90 a year to download the packs. Whatever you guys do don't pay that. It's completely outrageous and not worth it. The packs are not necessary to follow the guide. They are completely optional.

NOTE - placing the Toolkit within a folder that had a space in it's name caused the tool to crash when attempting to extract from the ESD. Found a reference to the creator asking someone if they were running from within a folder with a space in the name. Took out the space in mine turnging "MSMG Toolkit" to "MSMG" and no further issues.

One note about the tutorial. When you uncheck all in "System Apps" it also unchecks Security Center under "System" because of dependency on Windows Defender. When you turn on Windows Defender again it does not automatically re-check Security Center- you have to go back to "System" and turn it on manually.

I'm using a different version (v13.0), to shake some time off trim down the windows versions when you apply your changes, instead of applying your changes to all your windows versions, just select 'No' and apply only to your "Pro" version, over here doing exactly what you did, it took only 5 minutes to apply everything (AMD FX(tm)-8350, 16 GiB memory DDR3 and regular SATA mechanical HDD). As for ISO, it only took less than 2 minutes. Thank you for the video/tutorial.

Great Video! Made mine today and works great! Finally a channel that is to the point and doesn't skip steps! Keep it up!

Thanks for the video. Helped me alot. I encountered one issue during removal process. The script showed an error that the lenght of the file name was exceeding 260 letter. So I unzipped the toolkit folder to the main directory and started over. Then it worked.

This is actually a great tool, and the explanation was very good. Thanks for your dedication. 👍

Thank you, That was really informing and helpful.

Tremendous video !!! Thanks a ton ! I’ve just finished building a new pc. I’m not interested in Win11 yet (seems to still be essentially a beta version). And I really wanted finally a Win10 install that feels like my PC belongs to me and not Microsoft. Thanks for this tuto.

Great tutorial and it worked like a charm. THANX!

Hi. I have a bit of a slower PC when it comes to specs. I was looking to download a mod of windows 10. Then I found your video. And gosh it definitely helped me. PC is running smoother than ever. Thanks a mil

Precise and clear information, and above all a voice easily understandable for non US citizens, this is why I subscribed your video channel.

I think I was doing it wrong for years and suffering the removal of all the bloatware afterwards... You're great man, thanks. Love from Turkey

I don’t really know that much about making isos but with my info from reading articles he explains it really well and everything makes sense 👍

Extremely helpful and your explanation is clear and straightforward. Thanks

explai was superb. subscribed and liked. super work.thanks for this.

Very handy. Thanks for the tutorial. I have the new LTSC 21H2, so I'll give this a try later.

Excellent very easy to follow instruction. If this guy isn't an instructor,but he sure is qualified to be one. It took me a couple of tries, before I started to get it to work, but it's worth you time to persevere and get through it.

Extremely clear tutorial. Thank you.

You deserve much more views. Great Job !

Thank you, this was great! I have a nice bloatware free ISO for my virtual machines!

Thank you ,I v seen many videos using same tool to create custom windows ,you made it much more easier to understand especially for me since English is not my native language thanks again ,Great work

Hey @CyberCPU Tech. Could you maybe do an Updated Version? There are a TON of new things which can be removed with MSMG Toolkit 12.5 and I am unsure which I can delete without doing it multiple times. There also seems to be no real documentation to figure it out by myself. I HIGHLY appreciate your work you put into this!!!

I love the shirt. IT Crowd is amazing!

many thanks for this tutorial my friend ! merci beaucoup hâte de l'installer.

I can´t believe you don´t like 7zip man. Anyway. Great video. Super usefull.

14:00 that was some really clean and subtle editing!

I like the way you think, very great guide and useful in the days in which we live, you earned a subscribed, a like and our love :)

Awesome Video! Many thanks!

great tutorial there buddy im just going through what your showing here as i build gaming PCs for people on a regular basis and wanted to save some time to not to have to sit there and remove parts of it all . you have earned yourself a sub . 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Very great video, I was waiting for this ❤️ By the way I have a query, will I get regular Cumulative updates on this Custom Windows ?

your channel will grow and become successful brother. great work. my best wishes

When something is this good I store it on a Rich Text Doc ( meaning your RU-vid video). VIA Windows 10, unfortunately, Windows 11 doesn't have RTD, so I reverted back to Win 10. And I will make this ISO, As always this is another great video. Thank You

Be advised, there's a newer version of MSMG toolkit (12.2) which has different options than the one used in this video. If you're not sure whether or not to remove something I suggest keeping it. I realized this is a bit too spooky for me to mess with so I quit out. I'll just stick to the tried, and true methods of uninstalling after the OS is installed. The last thing you want is a borked Windows install on a new drive/machine. If you're like me, and not very smart, there's tons of options for removing bloatware and MS spying apps. CyberCPU did a very good job detailing all steps involved with this, but I honestly don't trust myself enough to attempt this, lol.

You should redo this. MSMG toolkit at the time of me typing this comment is v12.5 it has ALOT more choices and a walkthrough may possibly be helpful. If it works for Windows 11 as well other might appreciate that video too. Also, I’ve tried multiple Linux distros on an older laptop to attempt learning it so I can put it on my everyday laptop. However, I can’t find one I like as well as one that functions well out of the box with a laptop containing integrated and Nvidia graphics except pop os with fighting. The newer laptop is set up the same way hardware wise. Can you do a Linux setup video with maybe your favorite distro? Thank you!

Liked and subscribed. Thank you.

Thank you!! You helped my pc run faster than before!!!

Yep it took some 10 to 20 mins for me to remove all the bloatware I just binge-watch some of your other videos lol

One Important thing to note. If your Toolkit folder is within other folders with spaces in their names, MSMG will crash.

What a brilliant easy to follow video.

I liked the video and subscribed to the channel even way before I watched fully.

All the bloatwares are gone! That's amazing! By the way, there's a thing I'd like to know is the RAM usage between the Original and Customized Windows 10 ISO. Could you show me a bit about the difference bwtween them?(The RAM usage percentage)

Very nice! Thank you for the simple tutorial. Works great on modern systems so far, but I’m unable to install on older computers without a UEFI bios. Is there a way to make these custom ISO’s a non UEFI version? I noticed it does delete the setup.exe file at some point during the stripping process. Some setting in the toolkit, perhaps? Thanks again!

Nice vid man, keep it up.

the explanation was excellenttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!! Thanks. Upvoted. And i will check your channel for other videos!!!!!! greatttttttttttt job!!!!!!!!

Hey. at 7:02 option 7 just doesn't exist for me. Any tips?

Hello! I did everything exactly as instructed in your video and succeeded. However, the original Windows IS0 that I downloaded from Microsoft (on 11-19-2021) was 4.28 GB and the custom ISO per your video increased to 4.44 GB. Shouldn't the custom ISO have a smaller file size? Thank you!

Good stuff. Thanks for share with us. If future you also have Windows 11 version kit, I'm sure would like try it. Anyway I still good to continue use Windows 10.

thank u so much for your help keeping going love it

Instead of burning .ISOs to individual USB drives, use Ventoy. Once Ventoy is installed on your USB you can just drag as many ISOs as you have space for on it. When you boot your computer Ventoy builds a list of ISOs on the drive for you to choose from. It also works (on the fly) with Legacy or UEFI installs. No more stacks of USB drives just for installs. One USB to rule them ALL!

Hello CyberCPU Tech, Would you mind in creating an updated video segment on this custom ISO Windows 10 topic? The MSMG Toolkit software version has been updated; Some of the numbered functions ( that you explain within the video ) have been removed and/or changed... while other new functions ( unknown as to what they actually do ) have been added into the MSMG Toolkit. Additionally, Whenever I proceed with the step relevant to the " Extract Source from Custom Windows ISO Image "... the MSMG Toolkit always crashes and closes; I have even tried to re-install a fresh copy of Windows 10, and the exact same issue repeats... time and time again. :( It is driving me bonkers ! Thank you for posting this video; It has been super helpful and very concise - straight to the point. :) - B

Thank you brother. Cheers from Sydney Australia 🦘.

I dont know who you are mister, but where the hell have you been in the last almost 20 years of my life? :))) your content is what every windows user needs ! you're golden! golden I say !!

Is there a way to build Firefox or Chrome into the ISO so you don't have to have explorer or Edge? Thanks for the video by the way. Most people give a very complicated explanation on this.

The MSMG Toolkit link for download has been taken down for gross violation of MEGA's terms of service. "Due to recent takedown of Toolkit's primary Mega account, all the Toolkit Pack contents has been lost. So, from now on only Toolkit's custom packs will be available, the rest of pack files the user needs to get themselves and copy them to the respective packs folders as specified by the Toolkit error messages."

really liked the video but I had to wait painfully long to complete everything which was worth it

This will do a lot for my coming Steam Deck, cheers!

Note: when you extract the msmg toolkit, you need to put it in a path that has NO spaces. If you don't then it will break when you try to extract source from MCT or custom ESD install.

Background Information: The USB3.0 stack is a special case. It contains a USB controller, a USB3.0 Root Hub, and, for Intel devices, an eXtensible host controller. The USB3.0 controller is connected to and available on the PCI bus, which is visible to the WinPE OS. HIIClient can see it and choose a driver for it. However, the Root Hub and eXtensible host controller devices are not on the PCI bus; they are on a separate USB3.0 bus. The USB3.0 bus is not visible to WinPE by default because WinPE does not have a USB3.0 controller driver by default. That means when HIIClient.exe asks WinPE what devices are connected, WinPE will not return information about the USB3 hub or eXtensible host controller. Because there is no USB3.0 controller driver, the bus (and any devices connected to it) cannot be seen. WinPE will return only information about the USB3.0 controller, even if driver assignments are made for the remaining USB3.0 devices. Resolution: The solution is to inject the USB3.0 controller drivers into your boot.wim image. This makes the drivers available in WinPE. Essentially, the USB3.0 controller device will be installed in WinPE, so when HIIClient runs it can detect the full USB3.0 bus that is controlled by the USB3.0 controller, and select the appropriate drivers for all the USB3.0 devices from the HII driver library. Sometimes it is sufficient to inject just the USB3.0 controller driver, and other times drivers for all USB3.0 stack devices should be injected. You can use the DISM GUI tool for Windows to add the USB 3 drivers to the Boot image file before using Rufus to create the USB install drive. THIS IS ONLY IF YOU CARE ABOUT LEVERAGING USB 3 SPEEDS DURING INSTALL. www.thewindowsclub.com/dism-gui-windows

10:36 It's a crime you removed Snipping Tool ! It's a vital tool if you're a student or you're making memes! Nice video btw , very useful!

excellent video! new sub! im following along making my image, for some reason I have alot more options in the M$ toolkit. No biggie, I'm not a newb.

MSMG Toolkit download link has been taken down and other downloads on the Internet DO NOT match the SHA1 Hash - they are compromised. You need to either update this video or take it down.

Fantastic tutorial, really timely

very good video and i especially like the way you teach .. really good ..my respect

Here is my list of removed components for Windows 10 Home x64: [1] Internet 1 - Adobe Flash For Windows 3 - Internet Explorer [2] Multimedia D - Screen Savers E - Snipping Tool H - Wallpapersers I - Windows Media Player J - Windows Photo Viewer K - Windows Themes [3] Network 3 - Remote Desktop Client 5 - Simple TCP/IP Services [4] Privacy B - Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) C - Face Recognition (Unless the camera has an infrared projector) F - Picture Password H - Unified Telemetry Client (Asimov) J - Windows Error Reporting K - Windows Insider Hub [5] Remoting 2 - MultiPoint Connector 3 - OneDrive Desktop Client 4 - Remote Assistance 5 - Remote Desktop Server 6 - Remote Registry [6] System M - Paint P - Steps Recorder U - Windows Subsystem For Linux X - Wordpad [7] System Apps 16 - ECApp - Modern UI Dialog App for Eye Movement Control (Unless you have Tobii eye tracker) 28 - Parental Controls 34 - Retail Demo Content 36 - Secure Assessment Browser 39 - Skype ORTC 47 - Windows Mixed Reality [8] Windows Apps 01 - 3D Viewer 02 - Advertising Xaml 03 - Alarms & Clock 04 - Calculator App 05 - Camera 06 - Cortana 08 - Feedback Hub 10 - Get Help 12 - Groove Music 14 - Maps 17 - Mixed Reality Portal 18 - Movies & TV App 20 - My Office 21 - OneNote 22 - Paint 3D 23 - People 24 - Phone Link 25 - Photos 27 - Screen Sketch 29 - Skype 30 - Solitaire Collection 31 - Sticky Notes 33 - Tips ~ Windows tips and tutorials App 34 - Voice Recorder 35 - Weather 38 - Windows Mail App

So, i downloaded the same version of msmg toolkit from the video in the alternative site and had no problem using it with a notebook. One thing i did is to not disable wifi services but with the rest i did the very same thing. Windows goes pretty smooth now, thank you very much sir and looking foward to the update since the toolkit is now on the 12.5 version and is pretty different from before.

Great video mate, thank you

Very helpful, thank you!

Well done! Thank You!

nice! I often use Nlite to do this, but this tool looks great too ;)

I like your way of explanation 😍

Thank you so mcuh sir. That's a great work!

Thanks great awesome tutorial!!

Planning to make a win10 lite and found this well explained detailed video of how to do it, thank you very much sir this really helps a lot.

great video ( and usefull quality comments down below ) thankyou for your time and dedication --> subscribed !

Great an helpfull !! Thanks a lot !! 👍👍

Cool! Thanks a lot!

bro thankyou so much love your videos

Dang good video brother 😊

What a great video, ty

This is the best tutorial video ever seen with a professional guy. thank you so much.

Thank you sir , very helpful tutorial

awesome video just the info i was looking for delivered in a wholesome manner dude you remind me of a 90s kids game show host and im loving your style lol, question tho is there a way to make the windows setup install a list of exe files as in install most all the programs i normally have to do manually?

WOW i'm voting for U to B the next president of MS! And giving you a three thumbs up on one the best "how to" vids I've seen on utube since a few months after utube started! I might keep W10 after all, but do your steps and, purposely reinstall "TWEAKED" W10 just to get my CPU down form all the flipping useless startup apps I know didn't STOP / Terminate when I turned them OFF, and did so also in "services," and some of the "bloat-ware" were "GRAYED" out, that I'd never need, or use! YOU should have at least half of the 28,000 Plus viewers give ya a "thumbs UP," if they weren't so RF Radiated! Yep great VID, to state the least! THX!

Thank you sir it have help me alot❤

Excellent. Thank you and like

Thank you kindly for taking the time to show us how to debloat Win 10. I have been wanting to do this for years and now I can do it for the new gaming pc I am about to build once my psu & case arrive. Thanks again CyberCPU ✌️👌👍

thank u so much for this

Thanks! ill have to try what i did out, next time i format my PC hah thats pretty neat thanks for the video!

Awesome video man! Keep Going ! - From INDIA

Great Job!!

Thanks for this .I used to make minimum instals for all my old customers from WindowsME upwards it saved so much time when they needed reloads sometimes more than once a day ......and the free bit was me not charging as i needed everybody to be computer literate and WALLA everbody is now a computer engineer and i have no job . . . . .hahaha . . .

Just wanted to let you know this fixed a problem I had. Thank You

Great video easy easy to follow

Thanks for great video. I have one question. Can updating this modified OS back some previously removed system files or programs?

Excellent. now that windows 10 is on its last build i can do this now.

I am primarily a Linux user, but I do have need to install Windows for others and on at least one machine of my own. That said, the biggest frustration are the new builds, and to have to redo this every time is an uphill battle. No one wants to have to reinstall regularly unless there would be some way to just update to your newly may stripped down version, even that's a hassle. But, I suppose if you must have Windows, then you have to decide to what length do you want to have control and how willing you are to strip it. The other option is to create a stripped out version and simply run it offline as in the old days of no internet if you need to run specific tasks that do not require internet. And, if you do need to go online to retrieve the occasional whatever, you can decide how much risk it would be to achieve your task. Either way, thanks for the great content here!