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Add or Remove Windows Features
Adds or Removes Windows Features from Server or Desktop operating systems.
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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Adds or removes Windows Features from Windows Server Operating Systems
.DESCRIPTION
Adds or removes Windows Features from Windows Server Operating Systems
.EXAMPLE
. .\Add-Or-RemoveWindowsFeatures.ps1 -Workstation False -ComputerName W2019-001 -Source \\DS1813.bottheory.local\fileshare\OS\W2K19\sources\sxs
Opens a dialog prompting you to select features to add or remove.
.PARAMETER <Workstation <string>>
True if this is a workstation OS or False if this is a Server operating system.
.PARAMETER <ComputerName <string>>
The name of the computer to run this script against
.PARAMETER <Source <string>>
Specify an optional 'source' path for adding new Windows Features. Not required for most features, but it is required when adding .NetFramework 3.5, for example.
.CONTEXT
Console
.MODIFICATION_HISTORY
Created TTYE : 2020-10-01
AUTHOR: Trentent Tye
#>
[CmdLetBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='Is this a workstation operating system?')][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Workstation = "False",
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='Name of the target machine to add or remove features')][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$ComputerName,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,HelpMessage='Source path for Windows features')] [string]$Source
)
$VerbosePreference = $(if( $PSBoundParameters[ 'verbose' ] ) { $VerbosePreference } else { 'SilentlyContinue' })
$DebugPreference = $(if( $PSBoundParameters[ 'debug' ] ) { $DebugPreference } else { 'SilentlyContinue' })
$ErrorActionPreference = $(if( $PSBoundParameters[ 'erroraction' ] ) { $ErrorActionPreference } else { 'Stop' })
$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
#Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
if (-not(Test-Path env:source)) {
$source = $null
}
Write-Verbose -Message "Parameters: Workstation = $workstation `n ComputerName = $computerName `n Source = $source"
function Display-ToastNotification ([string]$title, [string]$progressTitle, [string]$progressValue, [string]$progressStatus, [string]$progressValueStringOverride, [int]$sequenceID) {
$app = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
$null = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] ##need these two nulls to preload the assemblies
$null = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]
$Template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastImageAndText01
[xml]$ToastTemplate = @"
<toast launch="app-defined-string" duration="long">
<visual>
<binding template="ToastGeneric">
<text>{title}</text>
<progress title="{progressTitle}" value="{progressValue}" status="{progressStatus}" valueStringOverride="{progressValueStringOverride}"/>
</binding>
</visual>
<audio silent="true" />
<actions>
<action activationType="background" content="OK" arguments="later"/>
</actions>
</toast>
"@
$ToastXml = New-Object -TypeName Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument
$ToastXml.LoadXml($ToastTemplate.OuterXml)
$toastNotification = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::new($ToastXml)
$toastNotification.Tag = "ControlUp-SBA-AddRemovePrograms"
$toastNotification.Group = "AppRemoveProgramsGroup"
$DataDictionary = New-Object 'system.collections.generic.dictionary[string,string]'
$DataDictionary.Add("title", "$title")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressTitle", "$progressTitle")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressValue", "$progressValue")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressStatus", "$progressStatus")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressValueStringOverride", "$progressValueStringOverride")
$toastNotification.Data = [Windows.UI.Notifications.NotificationData]::new($DataDictionary, $sequenceID)
$Global:notify = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($app)
$notify.Show($toastNotification)
}
function Update-ToastNotification ([string]$title, [string]$progressTitle, [string]$progressValue, [string]$progressStatus, [string]$progressValueStringOverride, [int]$sequenceID) {
$app = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
$null = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] ##need these two nulls to preload the assemblies
$null = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]
$Template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastImageAndText01
[xml]$ToastTemplate = @"
<toast launch="app-defined-string" duration="long">
<visual>
<binding template="ToastGeneric">
<text>{title}</text>
<progress title="{progressTitle}" value="{progressValue}" status="{progressStatus}" valueStringOverride="{progressValueStringOverride}"/>
</binding>
</visual>
<audio silent="true" />
<actions>
<action activationType="background" content="OK" arguments="later"/>
</actions>
</toast>
"@
$ToastXml = New-Object -TypeName Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument
$ToastXml.LoadXml($ToastTemplate.OuterXml)
$toastNotification = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::new($ToastXml)
$toastNotification.Tag = "ControlUp-SBA-AddRemovePrograms"
$toastNotification.Group = "AppRemoveProgramsGroup"
$DataDictionary = New-Object 'system.collections.generic.dictionary[string,string]'
$DataDictionary.Add("title", "$title")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressTitle", "$progressTitle")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressValue", "$progressValue")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressStatus", "$progressStatus")
$DataDictionary.Add("progressValueStringOverride", "$progressValueStringOverride")
$ToastData = [Windows.UI.Notifications.NotificationData]::new($DataDictionary, $sequenceID)
$null = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($app).Update($ToastData, $toastNotification.Tag,$toastNotification.Group)
}
#Check if it's is a workstation OS and error/exit if true
if ($Workstation -eq "True") {
Write-Verbose -Message "Desktop operating system detected."
$features = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock { Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online } | Sort-Object -Property FeatureName
$selections = $features | Select-Object -Property "FeatureName","State" | Out-GridView -Title "$ComputerName : Add or Remove Windows Features" -PassThru
} else {
Write-Verbose -Message "Server operating system detected."
$features = Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName $ComputerName
#going to create a custom object so features will sort correctly in out-gridview
$FeaturesObj = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]
$count = 0
foreach ($feature in $features) {
$count++
switch ($feature.Depth) {
1 { $spaces = "" }
2 { $spaces = " " }
3 { $spaces = " " }
4 { $spaces = " " }
5 { $spaces = " " }
}
if ($feature.Installed -eq $true) {
$displayName = "$spaces[X] $($feature.DisplayName)"
} else {
$displayName = "$spaces[ ] $($feature.DisplayName)"
}
$FeaturesObj.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
Item = $count
DisplayName = $displayName
OriginalName = $feature.DisplayName
Name = $feature.Name
InstallState = $feature.InstallState
}
)
}
$featureGrid = $FeaturesObj | Select-Object -Property Item,DisplayName,Name,InstallState | Out-GridView -Title "$ComputerName : Add or Remove Windows Features" -PassThru
$selections = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]
foreach ($featureSelection in $featureGrid) {
$selections.Add( $FeaturesObj.Where{$_.Item -eq $featureSelection.Item} )
}
}
Write-Verbose "$($selections | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String)"
$Results = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]
$Count = 0
$SelectionsCount = ($selections | Measure-Object).Count
$NotificationDisplayed = $false
If ($SelectionsCount -eq 0) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "No Features Selected" -progressValue "0.0" -progressStatus "" -progressValueStringOverride "" -sequenceID 0
Exit 0
}
if ($Workstation -eq "False") {
## Server OS Feature Results Object
foreach ($selection in $selections) {
Write-Verbose "Feature: $($selection.name)"
$Count++
switch -Wildcard ($selection.InstallState) {
{($_ -eq "Available") -or ($_ -eq "Removed")}{
if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($source)) {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID $count
}
$Result = Add-WindowsFeature -Name $selection.name -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable errmsg
if ($Result.FeatureResult.Length -eq 0) {
$Success = ""
} else {
$Success = $result.FeatureResult.success
}
if ($errmsg -ne $null) {
Write-Verbose -Message "Error found for $($selection.Name)"
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
DisplayName = $selection.OriginalName
FeatureName = $selection.Name
RestartNeeded = $Result.RestartNeeded
State = $result.exitcode
Success = $Success
}
)
} else {
Write-Verbose -Message "Adding Result: $($selection.Name) - $($Result.RestartNeeded) - Enabled"
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
DisplayName = $selection.OriginalName
FeatureName = $selection.Name
RestartNeeded = $Result.RestartNeeded
State = $result.exitcode
Success = $Success
}
)
}
} else {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID $count
}
$Result = Add-WindowsFeature -Name $selection.name -Source $Source -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable errmsg
if ($Result.FeatureResult.Length -eq 0) {
$Success = ""
} else {
$Success = $result.FeatureResult.success
}
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
DisplayName = $selection.OriginalName
FeatureName = $selection.Name
RestartNeeded = $Result.RestartNeeded
State = $result.exitcode
Success = $Success
}
)
}
}
"Installed" {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID $count
}
$Result = Remove-WindowsFeature -Name $selection.name -ComputerName $ComputerName -Remove -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable errmsg
Write-Verbose "$($result.FeatureResult)"
if ($Result.FeatureResult.Length -eq 0) {
$Success = ""
} else {
$Success = $result.FeatureResult.success
}
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
DisplayName = $selection.OriginalName
FeatureName = $selection.Name
RestartNeeded = $Result.RestartNeeded
State = $result.exitcode
Success = $Success
}
)
}
"*Pending" {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName-$($selection.OriginalName)" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.name)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID $Count
}
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
DisplayName = $selection.OriginalName
FeatureName = $selection.Name
RestartNeeded = "Yes"
State = $selection.InstallState
Success = ""
}
)
}
}
}
} else {
## Client OS Feature Results Object
foreach ($selection in $selections) {
Write-Verbose "Feature: $($selection.FeatureName)"
$count++
switch -Wildcard ($selection.State) {
"Disabled" {
if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($source)) {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
}
$Result = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock { Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $args[0] -NoRestart } -ArgumentList "$($selection.FeatureName)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable errmsg 2>$null
if ($errmsg -ne $null) {
Write-Verbose -Message "Error found for $($selection.FeatureName)"
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
FeatureName = $selection.FeatureName
RestartNeeded = ""
State = "$errmsg"
}
)
} else {
Write-Verbose -Message "Adding Result: $($selection.FeatureName) - $($Result.RestartNeeded) - Enabled"
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
FeatureName = $selection.FeatureName
RestartNeeded = $Result.RestartNeeded
State = "Enabled"
}
)
}
} else {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
}
$Result = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock { Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $args[0] -Source $args[1] -NoRestart } -ArgumentList @("$($selection.FeatureName)","$Source") -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable errmsg 2>$null
if ($errmsg -ne $null) {
Write-Verbose -Message "Error found for $($selection.FeatureName)"
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
FeatureName = $selection.FeatureName
RestartNeeded = ""
State = "$errmsg"
}
)
} else {
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
FeatureName = $selection.FeatureName
RestartNeeded = $Result.RestartNeeded
State = "Enabled"
}
)
}
}
}
"Enabled" {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
}
$Result = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock { Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $args[0] -Remove -NoRestart } -ArgumentList @("$($selection.FeatureName)") -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable errmsg 2>$null
if ($errmsg -ne $null) {
Write-Verbose -Message "Error found for $($selection.FeatureName)"
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
FeatureName = $selection.FeatureName
RestartNeeded = ""
State = "$errmsg"
}
)
} else {
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
FeatureName = $selection.FeatureName
RestartNeeded = $Result.RestartNeeded
State = "Disabled"
}
)
}
}
"*Pending" {
if (-not($NotificationDisplayed)) {
Display-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
$NotificationDisplayed = $true
} else {
Update-ToastNotification -title "ControlUp SBA : Add/Remove Features" -progressTitle "$computerName" -progressValue "$([math]::Round($($count/$SelectionsCount),1))" -progressStatus "$($selection.FeatureName)" -progressValueStringOverride "$count/$SelectionsCount" -sequenceID 0
}
$Results.Add(
[PSCustomObject]@{
FeatureName = $selection.FeatureName
RestartNeeded = ""
State = $Selection.state
}
)
}
}
}
}
$Results | Out-GridView -Title "$ComputerName : Add or Remove Windows Features Results" -Wait
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