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MKelly1240
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Oct 08, 2024

24H2 uninstalled my RSAT, they fail to reinstall

Updated my Windows 11 22H2 to 24H2.  I had RSAT installed, which originally took 3 days for it to download and install.  Wasn't happy when I went to find Active Directory tool and no where to be foun...
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Steve_Pogue
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Oct 21, 2024
Same here with 23H2 to 24H2. RSAT gone. RSAT will not install. Reset WSUS. SFC reset. DSM this DSM that. Blah Blah Blah. This is the year 2024. Why do we still have this RSAT issue with every update. Bring me back to the good old days when RSAT Tools was an MSI install. Done. Looks like I will be doing Format C: and install from 24H2 ISO! Another scorched earth admin workstation.........
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    MKelly1240
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    Oct 21, 2024
    Oh yeah, the better question is why do they disappear when updating Windows versions? Office and other programs stay, why can't the RSAT tools?
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    MKelly1240
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    Oct 21, 2024

    Steve_Pogue     There are 2 solutions. 

    Apparently you should be able to download the Win10 RSAT msi installer and use that. 

    The other option, which is what I did, is to download the Win11 Windows_11_languages_and_optional_features_x64_dvd_dbe9044b.iso and use that as your install source.

    Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, State

    Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" | Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Source "E:\LanguagesAndOptionalFeatures" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

     

    As I mentioned, I did the iso download and install from that.  The installation still took like an hour or so to install all of the tools.  But that did beat the 3 day install from letting Windows download them during the install.

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