Rebuilt my Windows 10 workstation & RSAT install doesn't have the DNS or DHCP consoles

Question

Due to circumstances within my control I had to do a "Nuke & Repopulate" on my Windows 10 workstation. It's back up and running, and I was able to successfully install RSAT, but the DNS and DHCP consoles no longer show up when I right-click on a domain controller.

I ran:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name Rsat* -Online | Select -Property Name, DisplayName

and I can see this:

Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 RSAT: DHCP Server Tools
Rsat.Dns.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 RSAT: DNS Server Tools

So I'm pretty sure the consoles have been installed. I checked Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> Windows Features but there's nothing there. Any ideas on how I can regain the DHCP and DNS consoles?

Thanks,

Joe B

Answer 1

Also try to run from cmd.exe
dnsmgmt.msc
dhcpmgmt.msc

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Answer 2

Sorry for the delay. Here's what I see after running each of those commands from cmd.exe as administrator:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2251]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>dnsmgmt.msc
'dnsmgmt.msc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Windows\system32>dhcpmgmt.msc
'dhcpmgmt.msc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Thanks,

Joe B

C:\Windows\system32>

Answer 3

Might try removing, reboot, readd the RSAT modules.

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Answer 4

Ok, I found my problem. I have a local WSUS server and I remembered another issue a while back where I had to disable my workstations connection to WSUS. Using Windows Regedit I navigated to

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\UseWUServer  

and changef the 1 to a 0. I then ran the following to install RSAT:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online  

Now I have my DNS and DHCP consoles back, and I need to change that 0 back to a 1 and move on to the next "adventure." I hope this helps other people with the same or a similar problem.

Thanks,

Joe B