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I have scripted against sysocmgr in windows xp, servermanagercmd in server 2008, and now I find that I have to use a new powershell module servermanager to install features on Server 2008 R2 and so I would expect that I would use the same module in Windows 7 but it's not there.

How can I install Windows features using the command line or PowerShell in Windows 7?

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dism.exe /online /?

also, check out http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles%5Ftutorials/Deploying-Windows-7-Part2.html

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Add ServerManager-feature manually. Then you can add servermanager-module:

import-module servermanager

get-windowsfeature

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how would you add ServerManager feature separately? – fschwiet May 9 '11 at 1:17
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ocsetup.exe /?

In addition to dism it appears you can also use ocsetup which is installed by default on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you were looking to script something that works across all three of these then this would probably be the way to go.

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For the Powershell part, open the 'Windows Powershell Modules' prompt and enter

PS1> Add-WindowsFeature [feature name]

eg

Add-WindowsFeature SMTP-Server

Get-WindowsFeature shows you the names of all the available features

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I'm pretty sure this only works on Windows Server 2008 R2. – Jeffery Hicks Nov 9 '09 at 20:34
Jeffery is correct, this does not work in windows 7 by default. If you know of a way to get it working I would like to know. – ObligatoryMoniker Nov 9 '09 at 21:15
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You could use a remote session from Windows 7 to a Windows Server 2008 R2 box and run Add-WindowsFeature. I have not been able to find it on Win7 even with RSAT installed.

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Wouldn't that add the feature to the Windows Server 2008 R2 box and not to the local Windows 7 instance? If not please explain. – ObligatoryMoniker Nov 9 '09 at 21:16
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