Unable to Uninstall Web DAV publishing Feature in IIS Manager

Question

I need help uninstalling the IIS feature (Web DAV publishing) from IIS Manager on a Windows 2019 core server. When I enter "uninstall-WindowsFeature Web-DAV-Publishing" in PowerShell, I receive an error message that says "Removal of one or more roles, role services, or features failed. The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701." Can someone provide a solution?

Answer 1

@RavillaVishal-4134

There are multiple reasons for this error, insufficient permission is one of them.

Please make sure you run powershell with administrator to uninstall the IIS feature.

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Answer 2

If you're encountering the error "Removal of one or more roles, role services, or features failed. The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701" when trying to uninstall the IIS Web DAV Publishing feature on a Windows Server 2019 Core using PowerShell, it typically indicates an issue with the Windows component store

Run the System File Checker (SFC): Open PowerShell with administrative privileges and run the following command:

Use the Deployment Imaging Service and Management Tool (DISM): If SFC finds issues but can’t fix them, use DISM to repair the Windows image. Run these commands one by one in PowerShell:

Attempt to Remove the Feature Again: After the DISM commands complete successfully, try removing the Web DAV Publishing feature again:

Ensure Windows Updates Are Installed:
Clean Up the Component Store:

Reboot the Server

# Run SFC
sfc /scannow
# Run DISM commands
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
# Clean up component store
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
# Attempt to remove the feature again
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Web-DAV-Publishing