Enable or Disable Optional Windows Features
The simplest way is to open the Control Panel > Uninstall a Program, and then in the left side select Turn Windows features On or Off. In this post, we will be discussing other ways to enable or disable Optional Windows Features on Windows 10. We will be checking out the following 3 methods: 1] Using Windows Powershell Windows Powershell is indeed a very powerful tool. You can do a lot of things with this command line too. While using this, we will be first populating the list of available features, then we will be downloading the desired feature, and finally, we will be talking about enabling and disabling that feature. So first, in order to populate the list of features, enter this command, After that, in order to install any feature from the list of features, enter this command: Then, in order to enable any downloaded feature, enter this command, Finally, in order to disable any enabled feature, enter this command, 2] Using Command Prompt Start by pressing WINKEY + X button combo or right-click on the Start button and click on Command Prompt (Admin) or just search for cmd in the Cortana search box, right click on the Command Prompt icon and click on Run as Administrator. Click on Yes for the UAC or User Account Control prompt that you get. Now, type in the following command to populate the list of the available features:
All you need to do now is copy the name of the feature that you need to enable. Now, in order to enable the feature, enter the following command: Now, in order to disable any feature that is enabled on your computer, you need to follow some separate steps. First, you need to check what all features are enabled. To populate a list of enabled features, enter this command, Now, in order to disable the Enabled feature, enter this command, As a bonus, if you wish to check information in detail about a specific feature, enter this command, 3] Using an external installation source You can also fetch the latest features from an updated offline source. This source can be an ISO or any other type of image or just a folder. For that, all you need to do is decide if you want to use the Command Prompt or Windows Powershell. If you are using the Command Prompt, enter this command, And if you tend to use Windows Powershell command line, you can do it too. Just enter this command, To get the latest features, you need to get the latest version of the image of the operating system that you are trying to install the feature from.
