trying Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

Question

typing this:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

getting:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : Feature name Microsoft-Hyper-V is unknown.
At line:1 char:1
+ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.EnableWindowsOptionalFeatureCommand

Answer 1

Hi,

The Microsoft-Hyper-V feature may have been removed. Please follow the document below to restore the feature with DISM.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/enable-or-disable-windows-features-using-dism?view=windows-11#to-restore-removed-windows-features

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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