Solution to optional features shows «No features to install»

I was seeing this message when attempting to install a new optional feature under Windows 10 (Settings —> Apps —> Apps & Features —> Optional features —> Add a feature).

A web search led me to several other questions on this forum posted by users seeing the same message:

Unfortunately, all the answers to these questions were work arounds that explained how the user could download and install the desired feature separately. They did not actually solve the real problem: the optional feature installation appears to be broken because no features are shown. Since those old posts are locked now, I am posting the solution I found in a new discussion.

It turns out that in my case the problem is that I was logged in with a non-admin account. I always use a non-admin account for my day-to-day work to minimize the damage that can be done if I am the victim of a hacking attempt. This forces me to use enter admin credentials when I want to install software, etc. Normally this allows me to do anything I need. When attempting to install Optional features I was prompted several times for admin credentials, so at first it didn’t occur to me that this might be a permissions issue. However after adding my normal user account to the local Administrators group and re-logging in I was able to see the list of optional features with no problems. So it appears that it is not sufficient to enter admin credentials when prompted. You must actually be logged in with an admin account to see the list of optional features.

Включение и отключение компонентов Windows 10

Как известно, Windows 10 отличается набором компонентов от предыдущих версий операционных систем Windows. Зачастую требуется их включить или выключить, чтобы они не потребляли системные ресурсы, да и просто не мешали. В этой статье мы рассмотрим как это сделать быстрее и эффективнее.

Начнем с того, что существует два основных способа работы с компонентами (они еще называются features) — утилита DISM и командлеты Powershell. И то и другое встроено в Windows 10, в отличие от Windows 7, где dism можно было добавить или установив пакет Windows ADK, или руками скопировав dism.exe с другого компьютера.

Сразу отмечу, что утилиту dism и среду powershell для работы с системой необходимо запускать от имени администратора, даже если ваш аккаунт уже находится в группе локальных админов. Итак, вы или находите cmd или windows powershell в меню и, кликнув правой кнопкой мышки, выбираете «Запуск от имени администратора».

В Windows 10 есть понятие Features и Capabilities. Первое — это привычные нам компоненты, которые можно найти в Панели управления -> Программы и компоненты -> Включение и отключение компонентов Windows. То есть это встраиваемые модули, которые выполняют определенный сервисный функционал.

Capabilities — это дополнительные возможности, которые расширяют возможности интерфейса и увеличивают удобство пользователя. Среди них — Language packs, наборы шрифтов. Да, Microsoft удалил часть нестандартных шрифтов, которые теперь вынесены в опциональные компоненты. Скачать эти компоненты можно в виде ISO файла с сайта Volume Licensing Service Center или напрямую через Internet и графический интерфейс Windows. Такую концепцию Microsoft назвала Features on Demand (FOD). Их в более ранних версия Windows не было.

Работаем с Windows Features

Итак, список установленных компонентов можно посмотреть командой

Dism /online /Get-Features

Вот как в Powershell можно получить список всех компонентов командлетами Get-WindowsFeature (для Windows Server) или Get-WindowsOptionalFeature (Windows 10):

Чтобы получить список отключенных компонентов, введите:

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online | ? state -eq ‘disabled’ | select featurename

Этот список также можно вывести в файл (для windows Server):

Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object <$_.Installed -match “True”>| Select-Object -Property Name | Out-File C:\Temp\WindowsFeatures.txt

Посмотрев список названий и их состояние, можно использовать эти названия для того, чтобы компоненты включить или выключить:

Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TFTP /All

ключ /All позволяет включить также все дочерние компоненты;

Установка компонентов через Powershell выполняется командой Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature.

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName RSATClient-Roles-AD-Powershell

Параметр -All включает все дочерние компоненты.

Dism /online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:TFTP

Аналогично, через Powershell это можно сделать командой Disable-Windowsoptionalfeature -online -featureName [feature name].

Обратите внимание, некоторые фичи имеют разные названия в Windows 7 и Windows 10. Например, RSAT в Windows 7 — это RemoteServerAdministrationTools, а в Windows 10 — RSATclient.

Управление Features on Demand (FOD)

Если вы устанавливаете их через графический интерфейс, то вам необходимо пройти “System –> App & features –> Manage optional features” и нажать знак + напротив необходимых компонентов.

Чтобы сделать это автоматизированно через командную строку, наберите чтобы получить список доступных компонентов:

DISM.EXE /Online /Get-Capabilities

или на Powershell:

Как и прежде, запомните название необходимых вам компонентов, чтобы включить их командой (на примере .Net Framework 3):

DISM.EXE /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:NetFx3

или на Powershell:

Add-WindowsCapability –Online -Name NetFx3

Если же у вас нет доступа в Интернет, то есть выход. Итак, вы скачиваете ISO образ диска с FOD компонентами с сайта Volume Licensing Service Center. Файлы будут разные для разных релизов Windows 10 — 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709. Важно помнить, что компоненты одного релиза не подходят к другому. Если вы сделаете in-place upgrade (установка одного релиза поверх другого через обновление), то несовместимые установленные компоненты будут удалены без вашего желания! Да, Microsoft удаляет то, что считает несовместимым при обновлении.

Так вот, ISO файл содержит набор неизвестных и сложных для понимания файлов с расширением cab. Вот чудесный файлик на сайта Microsoft, который обясняет назначение каждого файла. Итак, существуют следующие типы FOD:

• Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Basic — проверка правописания для различных языков и раскладок клавиатуры;
• Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Fonts — национальные шрифты, например, азиатские
• Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-OCR — средства для распознавания шрифтов
• Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Handwriting — средства для распознавания рукописного ввода
• Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-TextToSpeech — средства преобразования текста в голос, используемые подсказчиком Cortana
• Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Speech — распознавание голоса
• Microsoft-Windows-InternationalFeatures — пакеты национальных настроек, например, для Тайваня

Итак, для добавления таких FOD компонентов, используйте команды вида (замените имя компонента):

Dism /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Language.Basic

Для удаления FOD:

Dism /Online /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:Language.Basic

Установка и переустановка пакетов языков (Language Interface Packs, LIP)

Язык интерфейса Windows можно поменять, установив так называемые LIP. ранее они назывались MUI (Multi user interface). Файлы LIP выглядят так: Microsoft-Windows-Client-Language-Pack_x64_es-es.cab для испанского языка. Выглядеть установка будет примерно так:

Dism /Add-Package /online /PackagePath:»C:\Languages\Microsoft-Windows-Client-Language-Pack_x64_fr-fr.cab»

Dism /Remove-Package /online /PackageName:Microsoft-Windows-Client-LanguagePack-Package

В следующей статье мы поговорим как с помощью DISM и Powershell управлять так называемыми Modern-приложениями AppX.

Enable or Disable Windows Features Using DISM

The Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool is a command-line tool that is used to modify WindowsВ® images. You can use DISM to enable or disable Windows features directly from the command prompt, or by applying an answer file to the image. You can enable or disable Windows features offline on a WIM or VHD file, or online on a running operating system.

To mount an offline image for servicing

Open a command prompt with administrator privileges.

To use DISM from an installation of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (WindowsВ ADK), locate the WindowsВ ADK servicing folder and navigate to this directory. By default, DISM is installed at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\ in WindowsВ 10, C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\ in WindowsВ 8.1and C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\ in WindowsВ 8.

DISM is available in:

• WindowsВ 10
• WindowsВ 8.1
• WindowsВ 8
• Windows ServerВ 2016 Technical Preview
• WindowsВ Server 2012 R2
• Windows ServerВ 2012
• Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) for WindowsВ 10
• WinPE 5.0
• WinPEВ 4.0

You can install DISM and other deployment and imaging tools, such as Windows System Image Manager (WindowsВ SIM), on another supported operating system from the WindowsВ ADK. For more information, see DISM Supported Platforms.

Use the /Get-ImageInfo option to retrieve the name or index number for the image that you want to modify. An index or name value is required for most operations that specify an image file.

For example, at the command prompt type:

Mount the offline Windows image. For example, type:

To find available Windows features in an image

List all of the features available in the operating system. For example, type:

To service an offline image, specify the location of the mounted image directory. For example, type:

You can use >featurelist.txt to redirect the output of the command to a text file that is named featurelist.

Review the list of features to find the feature that you want to enable, disable, remove, or restore.

Use /Get-FeatureInfo to list information about the specific feature you are interested in. For example, type:

To enable Windows features

Enable a specific feature in the image. You can use the /All argument to enable all of the parent features in the same command. For example, type:

To service an offline image, specify the location of the mounted image directory. For example, type:

Optional: Get the status of the feature you have enabled. For example, type:

If the status is Enble Pending, you must boot the image in order to enable the feature entirely.

To restore removed Windows features

Enable a specific feature in the image. If you do not specify a source, DISM will look in the default location specified by group policy for the required files needed to enable the feature For more information, see Configure a Windows Repair Source.

If the files are not found in the default location, DISM will contact Windows Update (WU) for the required files. You can use the /LimitAccess argument to prevent DISM from contacting WU.

If you specify multiple /Source arguments, the files are gathered from the first location where they are found and the rest of the locations are ignored.

For example, type:

To service an offline image, specify the location of the mounted image directory. For example, type:

Optional: Get the status of the feature you have enabled. For example, type:

If the status is EnablePending, you must boot the image in order to enable the feature entirely.

To disable Windows features

Disable a specific feature in the image. For example, type:

To service an offline image, specify the location of the mounted image directory. For example, type:

Optional: Use DISM /GetFeatureInfo to get the status of the feature you have disabled. For example, type:

If the status is DisablePending, you must boot the image in order to disable the feature entirely.

To remove Windows features for on-demand installation

Remove a specific feature in the image without removing the feature’s manifest from the image. This option can only be used when servicing WindowsВ 10, WindowsВ 8.1, WindowsВ 8, Windows ServerВ 2016 Technical Preview, WindowsВ Server 2012 R2, or Windows ServerВ 2012. For more information, see Configure a Windows Repair Source.

For example, type:

To service an offline image, specify the location of the mounted image directory. For example, type:

Optional: Use DISM /GetFeatureInfo to get the status of the feature you have disabled. For example, type:

The status is Disabled. Beginning with Windows 10, the payload is not removed from Windows client SKUs in order to support push-button reset. The payload is removed from Windows Server SKUs.

To enable or disable Windows features by using DISM and an answer file

In WindowsВ SIM, open an existing catalog by clicking Select a Windows Image on the File menu and specifying the catalog file type (.clg) in the drop-down list, or create a new catalog by clicking Create Catalog on the Tools menu.

Expand the catalog in the Windows Image pane, and then expand Packages.

Expand Foundation, and right-click Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package.

Click Add to Answer File.

Click Enabled or Disabled next to the features that you intend to enable or disable. Click the arrow to select the opposite choice.

You might have to expand an item to see all its children. You must enable the parent if any one of its children are enabled.

NoteВ В You can’t restore or remove a Windows feature for features on demand with an unattended answer file.

Click Tools on the main menu, and then click Validate Answer File.

Correct any errors that appear in the Messages pane, and save the answer file.

At the command prompt, type the following command to apply the unattended answer file to the image.

To service an offline image, specify the location of the mounted image directory. For example, type:

To commit changes on an offline image

Commit the changes and unmount the image. For example, type:

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Thank you for getting back to me! no I’m not trying to install anything!

all I see are 2 pop up messages on the lower right corner 1 saying «We are adding a new feature to Windows, this could take a few minutes» and the 2nd one comes up almost immediately saying «Something happened, and we couldn’t Install a feature» tap to get more information. when I do nothing shows!

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I have the same problem with NVIDA and Intel updates listed as well as some of my applications.

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By accident I stumbled across a work around. While learning Win 10 I noticed that the programs under All Apps. Those that have full picture icons are the ones the Win 10 recognizes. Those with our a full picture are still there.

Click on one — I chose Comodo. You will see the full picture icon — Comodo Dragon — in my case.

Right click that icon and a pop up menu appears, chose uninstall (but do not uninstall.)

Walla, the old XP-7-8 Programs and Features are available with all your programs listed. From here you can update and or uninstall. It seems that Win 10 is just window dressing with the functions of DOS>XP still there?