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Hot to fix error while disable Internet explorer via DISM on windows server 2019 - Error: 14081 The referenced assembly could not be found

ATUL PATIL 60 Reputation points
2025-02-17T14:08:20.43+00:00

I am trying to disable Internet explorer 11 by using DISM command. however, it is failing with an error as below.

Command - dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64

Disabling feature(s)

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Error: 14081

The referenced assembly could not be found

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
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  1. Hania Lian - MSFT 22,461 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-02-20T15:38:42.4533333+00:00

    Hello,

    1. Please open administrator command line and run "sfc /scannow" "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" to check the health of system files.
    2. For more details, we could check the C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.cbs.log. There should be some files missing detected, try to get the files from a known good machine.

    Best Regards,

    Hania Lian

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