DIFxApi enables the vendor to write custom installers.

It provides the actions that enable, for example, a Windows Installer msi to install drivers. DIFxApp is a plug-in or extension to Windows Installer or InstallShield.By default, the tool searches the current directory and tries to install all driver packages found. Execute DPInst and the driver is imported into the Driver Store. Put the inf and sys files together in a folder with a copy of DPInst.exe. The intention is that the user just clicks Run and is insulated from the method used. DIFx gives vendors three tools of varying complexity to install drivers.

Servicing in Audit mode, with the image online, uses PnPUnattend, not DISM.ĭriver Package Installer (DPInst.exe) is part of the Driver Installer Framework (DIFx) provided to vendors to enable them to distribute drivers. The commands /add-driver and /remove-driver apply only to offline images. However, you can not use DISM to add or remove drivers from an online Windows 7 image. Dism /online refers to the current running image. Dism /image: refers to a mounted offline image.

CBSProvider (Component Based Servicing)ĭISM is a tool for servicing both Online and Offline images.

The different providers do the work with their own command line options, called by the DISM host. The DISM host itself controls things like logging and rebooting.

There is plenty of documentation about DISM.ĭISM is a 'framework' tool that gives access to different 'providers'. It replaces the individual tools that were introduced for Vista images. This blog aims to describe them and show how they differ.ĭeployment Image Servicing and Management (dism.exe) is the new tool for modifying Windows images. There are several different tools for installing drivers in Windows 7.

Dism Install Drivers Online