RSAT is not installed on Windows 11

Question

RSAT is not installed on Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise.

I try both way:

Installed from Optional Features. The process never started. It just stay there with no activity.

Installed from PS. Same thing, there is no activity.

Where can I find RSAT event in the Windows eventlogs to find out what is wrong?

Note: Laptop is freshly image from MECM.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Hi brichardi,

Thanks for your post. It is recommended to view Remote Server Administration Tools List in Windows 11.

1. Open the Command Prompt App with Administrative Privileges.
2. Type the below command and press Enter key.
3. Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, State
4. You'll get a list of all RSAT features and their current state whether installed or not present.

If not, follow the steps below:

Step 1:Type the following in a Windows PowerShell as Administrator to skip the restriction from system: 1.Launch PowerShell 2.Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted 3.Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} 4. Restart your device.

Step 2: Apart from the UI installation, you can also use the following Powershell and CMD methods.

Install RSAT on Windows 11 [3 Different Ways] (windowsreport.com)

Step 3: For any troubleshooting guide, you can refer to the following information:

Couldn’t Install RSAT in Windows 11? Apply These Fixes (windowsreport.com)

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

 Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Hello,

I would look at the CBS.log file located in the c:\Windows\logs\cbs folder.

There may be some logging in the dism.log file as well. located in c:\windows\logs\dism folder.

Answer 3

Hello brichardi,

In specific cases, for example, if you have a corporate computer enabled to the domain and you have WSUS or you have specific settings that block traffic on the Firewall, it may not want to install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT). There may be a situation like you described, that there is no message but usually the error message appears after waiting a while. These can be various errors such as 0x80240438, 0x8024402c, 0x800f0950 and there are many ways described on forums how to deal with it.

Depending on the problem, there are solutions to modify the UseWUServer key in the Registry or disconnect the computer from the domain for the time of installation or firewall disconnection. In my case, the quickest way to install RSAT components was to download an ISO image, plug it in, and then install the RSAT components locally. To do this download ISO Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2 Language and Optional Features ISOfrom Windows-11-LOF-packs and next right click on file and Install (it shows in My Computer as DVD as disc in my case E:).

Next you need to have PowerShell running as admin or Terminal (Admin), and you also need to take care of Admin permissions on the installation computer. Once you are eligible to install it type to check State of RSAT components:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" | Select-Object -Property Name, State

If u need to install all of RSAT type:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" | Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

If u need to install only Active Directory Domain Services i LDS Active Directory Tools type:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" | Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

If u need remove capability type:

Remove-WindowsCapability -Online -Name xxxxxxxx

In xxxxxx type capability too remove f.ex.

Rsat.AzureStack.HCI.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.BitLocker.Recovery.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.CertificateServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.Dns.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.FailoverCluster.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.FileServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.GroupPolicy.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.IPAM.Client.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.LLDP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.NetworkController.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.NetworkLoadBalancing.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.RemoteAccess.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.RemoteDesktop.Services.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.ServerManager.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.StorageMigrationService.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.StorageReplica.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.SystemInsights.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.VolumeActivation.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Rsat.WSUS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Best regards

zb6

Answer 4

Looks like Microsoft had a known issue with this.

See https://www.reddit.com/r/SCCM/comments/19ffhej/is_installing_rsat_still_broken/