The help text for dism is mostly unintelligible to ordinary computer 
users.  You would have to know a lot of Microsoft-specific OS details to 
make sense of most of it.  The only help command likely to be helpful for 
most of us is

dism /online /cleanup-image /?


On Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 9:26:35 AM UTC-4 David Szent-Györgyi wrote:

> The terminology used with Microsoft's *dism* gives specific new meanings 
> to terms widely used in broader contexts. Keep in mind these specific 
> meanings: 
>
> WIM file a "Windows image" file, used for deployment of Windows Vista and 
> more recent versions of Windows; extension .wim
> VHD and VHDX files "Virtual hard disk", other types of file containing 
> disk images; extensions .vhd and .vhdx
> /Online targets the installation of Windows that is in use
> /Image targets a specified WIM file , VHD, or VHDX file. 
> store from British usage, a place in which items are routinely kept; 
> distinct from the North American usage for a shop)
>
> Links of interest: 
> Repair a Windows Image 
> <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/repair-a-windows-image>;
>  
> includes dism usage for checking whether an image is repairable, for 
> detecting corruption as well as for making repairs
> Windows Imaging Format 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Format>, on Wikipedia 
> VHD (file format) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_(file_format)>, on 
> Wikipedia, covering VHDX as well
> DISM Overview 
> <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/what-is-dism>,
>  
> Microsoft's documentation, not written for the general reader
>

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