Enabling Windows Linux Subsystem error

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When running the command Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux in powershell running as admin I get the following error after a short while

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : The referenced assembly could not be found.

At line:1 char:1

+ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows- ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature], COMException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.EnableWindowsOptionalFeatureCommand

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

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Try to enable that feature by running OptionalFeatures.exe.

– Biswapriyo
Jan 29 at 17:12

Possible duplicate of Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature is not recognized in Windows 10

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

You were attempting to run a PowerShell command in a Command Prompt.

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

Possible duplicate of Windows error: “'Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature' is not recognized”

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:08

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When running the command Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux in powershell running as admin I get the following error after a short while

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : The referenced assembly could not be found.

At line:1 char:1

+ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows- ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature], COMException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.EnableWindowsOptionalFeatureCommand

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

111

Try to enable that feature by running OptionalFeatures.exe.

– Biswapriyo
Jan 29 at 17:12

Possible duplicate of Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature is not recognized in Windows 10

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

You were attempting to run a PowerShell command in a Command Prompt.

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

Possible duplicate of Windows error: “'Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature' is not recognized”

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:08

add a comment |

When running the command Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux in powershell running as admin I get the following error after a short while

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : The referenced assembly could not be found.

At line:1 char:1

+ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows- ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature], COMException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.EnableWindowsOptionalFeatureCommand

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

111

When running the command Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux in powershell running as admin I get the following error after a short while

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : The referenced assembly could not be found.

At line:1 char:1

+ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows- ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature], COMException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.EnableWindowsOptionalFeatureCommand

windows-10 powershell windows-subsystem-for-linux

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

111

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

111

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

111

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

111

asked Jan 27 at 20:44

AdmagTwoXray

111

Try to enable that feature by running OptionalFeatures.exe.

– Biswapriyo
Jan 29 at 17:12

Possible duplicate of Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature is not recognized in Windows 10

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

You were attempting to run a PowerShell command in a Command Prompt.

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

Possible duplicate of Windows error: “'Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature' is not recognized”

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:08

add a comment |

Try to enable that feature by running OptionalFeatures.exe.

– Biswapriyo
Jan 29 at 17:12

Possible duplicate of Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature is not recognized in Windows 10

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

You were attempting to run a PowerShell command in a Command Prompt.

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

Possible duplicate of Windows error: “'Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature' is not recognized”

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:08

Try to enable that feature by running OptionalFeatures.exe.

– Biswapriyo
Jan 29 at 17:12

Possible duplicate of Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature is not recognized in Windows 10

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

You were attempting to run a PowerShell command in a Command Prompt.

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:04

Possible duplicate of Windows error: “'Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature' is not recognized”

– Ramhound
Mar 11 at 17:08

add a comment |

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I had the same problem with freshly installed Windows 10 v. 1803. The only solution that worked for me was upgrading to v. 1809.

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I had the same problem with freshly installed Windows 10 v. 1803. The only solution that worked for me was upgrading to v. 1809.

edited Mar 11 at 16:58

answered Mar 11 at 15:48

lukeg

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I had the same problem with freshly installed Windows 10 v. 1803. The only solution that worked for me was upgrading to v. 1809.

edited Mar 11 at 16:58

answered Mar 11 at 15:48

lukeg

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-1

I had the same problem with freshly installed Windows 10 v. 1803. The only solution that worked for me was upgrading to v. 1809.

edited Mar 11 at 16:58

answered Mar 11 at 15:48

lukeg

3941214

I had the same problem with freshly installed Windows 10 v. 1803. The only solution that worked for me was upgrading to v. 1809.

edited Mar 11 at 16:58

answered Mar 11 at 15:48

lukeg

3941214

edited Mar 11 at 16:58

answered Mar 11 at 15:48

lukeg

3941214

answered Mar 11 at 15:48

lukeg

3941214

answered Mar 11 at 15:48

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