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Its the same ISO, you'll need to clean install it but choose Desktop Experience during setup.
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Downloaded Windows server standard edition instead of desktop edition
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Hi, I downloaded 'windows server 2022 standard' edition instead of downloading 'windows server 2022 standard - desktop edition' now I have no GUI, how do I now download the desktop edition using Powershell? I have no previous experiment using Powershell. Please help!
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![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
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jack 26 Reputation points
2022-06-03T21:33:19.487+00:00 Thank you, but how do i perform a clean install of the desktop edition? How do I get to the stage you have displayed in the above image using Powershell?
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Anonymous
2022-06-03T21:35:27.6+00:00 There's no PowerShell involved, just boot from the install media, delete / recreation partition, select a Desktop Experience option and continue the install.
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2022-06-03T21:46:19.727+00:00 Apologies but I dont quite understand, the only options available to me are that displayed by the Sconfig interface, which shows 1-15 different options, or the use of PowerShell. An image displaying the screen is attached.
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Anonymous
2022-06-03T21:51:08.503+00:00 There nothing to do here. Assuming a physical machine, you'll need to set the hardware to boot from removable media, boot once again the Server 2022 installation media, delete / recreate partition, choose a Desktop Experience option and continue the install.
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2022-06-03T21:57:45.863+00:00 Okay, thank you for all your help. I will try to find a removeable media to download the desktop experience. I do not currently have a removeable media as orginally downloaded windows server from an online source.
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Anonymous
2022-06-03T21:59:31.85+00:00 How did you install the core version? Just do the exact same thing over again but choose the Desktop Experience option. You can also download the evaluation here if that helps.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022
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David Downing 706 Reputation points2022-06-03T21:09:45.88+00:00 I believe the UI portion for a server install is a feature that is unselected by default.
If you can connect to the server through a PowerShell remote session, try running one of the following:
Get-WindowsFeature -Online
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -OnlineThis should show you which features are enabled or disabled. From there you can use the following:
Enable-WindowsFeature –FeatureName "<feature name>"
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature –FeatureName "<feature name>"I don't have access to a server right now, but if these don't work, use the following to get commands/help to see possible commands.
Get-Help WindowsFeature*
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Anonymous
2022-06-03T21:11:30.293+00:00 Sorry, no longer possible (since 2012 R2) to convert GUI->core->GUI
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David Downing 706 Reputation points
2022-06-03T21:12:05.14+00:00 Note the Get-Help Windows*Feature should also have an asterisk at the beginning and end... the editor removed it.
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jack 26 Reputation points
2022-06-03T21:35:32.057+00:00 Thank you, there are quite alot of features that are available, which feature would I have to enable?
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Anonymous
2022-06-03T21:36:55.4+00:00 This is not possible.
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