Cannot enable Microsoft Print to PDF once it is disabled

Question

I used the following command to find the feature name and the second one (Powershell) to disable Microsoft Print to PDF, and the third one to re-enable it.

DISM /online /get-features /format:table | find "Disabled"

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Microsoft-Windows-Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Package"

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Microsoft-Windows-Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Package"

The disable command works perfectly, however, I get the following message when trying to enable it.

"enable-windowsoptionalfeature : One of several parent features are disabled so current feature can not be enabled." (See Screenshot)

Secondly, I try to enable the feature through "Turn Windows features On or Off" but it can't be found. (See screenshot)

I have researched this for several hours now and the only information I can find is how to add the printer back through Programs and Features. I would appreciate all help resolving this problem.

Answer 1

Yeah, but that is in PowerShell, I want you try it in command prompt using the following command:

Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:Microsoft-Windows-Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Package

Answer 2

Ok, I had done that before and forgot about that. I got the error below then and while doing that this time. See image.

Answer 3

The repair upgrade is the only option I can see around this. I noticed you are on Windows 10 1709. Do you have any other virtual machines where you could test if this also happens in a newer version of Windows 10 such as Windows 10 1809?

Answer 4

Sadly we don't. We use PXE Boot from the same image. I can look into that next week though. Thank you for your assistance.