How can you programmatically disable or use the "Windows Properties",

Question

Currently, users must go to Control Panel> Programs> Turn Windows Features On or Off, and then check the box for the feature they want to activate. I would like to give them the opportunity to do this from my application.

Any idea on how to automate this process through .NET (preferably in C #)?

Answer 1

I am 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 should create an unattended installation file with instructions for pkgmgr to use for this function.

You need to use

  System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(). 

Answer 2

If you focus only on new platforms (> = Windows Vista), then dis.exe is the latest utility; it replaces pkgmgr.

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

Call example (for all necessary functions):

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

To find a function, use this

 dism.exe /online /get-features | find "Tablet" 

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