When you install the .NET Framework 3.5 using DISM in Windows 10 or 11, you may encounter error 0x800F080C. The full error message is below:
Error: 0x800f080c Feature name NetFX3 is unknown. A Windows feature name was not recognized. Use the /Get-Features option to find the name of the feature in the image and try the command again.
When you try to install or uninstall Epic Games Launcher, the error code 2738 might occur. The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. Cause Error 2738 is a Windows Installer error code. As mentioned in the article Fix for Windows … Read more
When you try to install the Microsoft Print to PDF feature on a system running Windows 11 24H2 OS build 26100.4061 or 26100.3915, the feature doesn’t install. It fails with the error 0x800F0922.Read more
If Microsoft Paint is missing in your Windows 10 computer, you can reinstall it using Windows Features or DISM.
Note that the information in this article doesn’t work in Windows 11. It’s because Windows 11 ships with the Store version of Paint.
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Wireless Display is a feature-on-demand (FOD) package that adds the Connect application. This application allows other devices to wirelessly project to this computer and requires Miracast-capable hardware.
When you install the Wireless Display FOD package via Optional Features in Settings, it may not install successfully. Some of the common errors you may encounter are 0x80070490 and 0x800f0950.
When you open Optional Features and add the “Chinese (Simplified, China)” language pack and FOD, error 0x800F0950 occurs. In some cases, the download may stall completely. This error occurs because the system cannot connect to the Windows Update servers.
Also, if you use the Install-Language PowerShell cmdlet to install “Chinese (Simplified, China)” (loc “le ID: zh-CN), the operation may time out.Read more
We may sometimes mess up with the Optional Features (“Turn Windows features on or off”) setting and don’t remember exactly what they changed. You wonder how to restore the system default settings for the “Turn Windows features on or off” (OptionalFeatures.exe) dialog without resetting Windows.Read more
When you use Optional Windows Features to install the Media Feature Pack Feature-on-demand component on Windows N or the KN Edition, the error 0x80070490 may appear.Read more
Features on Demand (FODs) are Windows features that can be added anytime. Standard features include language resources like handwriting recognition or other features like the .NET Framework (.NetFx3). When Windows 10, 11, or Windows Server needs a new feature, it can request the feature package from Windows Update.Read more
This article explains how to uninstall and reinstall Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 and 11.
Windows Sandbox provides a lightweight desktop environment to safely run applications in isolation. Software installed inside the Windows Sandbox environment remains “sandboxed” and runs separately from the host machine.Read more