How can you programmatically turn off or on 'Windows Features'

Question

Currently, users must go into Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off, then click on the check the box of the feature that they want to activate. I\'d lik

Answer 1

I do this using NSIS for IIS using :

$Sysdir\pkgmgr.exe /n:$Temp\iis7Unattend.xml

You can call the pkgmgr program from your c# program and usually you would create an unattend file with the instructions for the pkgmgr to use for the feature.

You need to use

 System.Diagnostics.Process.Start().

Answer 2

If you are only targeting newer platforms (>= Windows Vista) then dism.exe is the latest utility; it replaces pkgmgr.

1. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799309(WS.10).aspx
2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371719(v=vs.85).aspx

Example call (run for all required features):

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole

To find a feature, use this

dism.exe /online /get-features | find “Tablet”

see: http://adriank.org/microsoft-ocsetupdism-component-name-list/ for more info.