No RSAT fix has worked for me

Question

_{Wednesday, July 8, 2020 8:58 PM}

Good afternoon,

After my upgrade to 2004 I (just like many other people) lost my RSAT. I've tried to get it reinstalled but no joy at this time. Here are some of the installs I've tried:

1. Downloaded WindowsTH-RSAT_WS_1709-x64.msu, WindowsTH-RSAT_WS_1803-x64.msu, and WindowsTH-RSAT_WS2016-x64.msu  from the MS site. All three installs failed with "rsat windows 10 install encountered error: 0x8024001d." <-- Bad metadata.
2. Tried installing three modules from Settings > Apps > Optional Features > Add a feature. Simple error on all three attempted installs - Install failed
3. Tried installing from Control Panel > Turn Windows features on or off. There is no RSAT feature available nor Windows RSAT. I was told to look under Remote Differential Compression API Support. Nope, definitely not there.

Does anyone have any ideas I haven't tried? Am I missing something simple?

Thanks,

Joe B

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:08 AM}

If this is a domain with WSUS server, a GPO is probably needed to tell Windows to bypass WSUS for optional features.

The specific Policy is Download repair content and optional features directly from Windows Update instead of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and it needs enabled.

_{Thursday, July 9, 2020 9:20 AM}

Hi Joe B,

RSAT is often updated when Windows updates, so make sure the machine could connect Microsoft Update Server directly. As gettnmorebetter said, if you use WSUS to control manage updates, please check the group policy below:

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System.
On the right pane look for policy named “Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair. Right click policy setting and click Enabled. In addition to that, check the box “Download repair content and optional features directly from Windows Updates instead of Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS)“.

After that, you could also install RSAT by using powershell.(Get-WindowsCapability, Add-WindowsCapability).

 Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability -Online

Regards,

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_{Thursday, July 30, 2020 4:17 PM}

Hi，

Haven't received your message a few days, was your issue resolved? 
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Best regards,
Carl 

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