Server Manager Error KB ID 0001915
Problem
I needed to add a role to a Window server today, but when I attempted to do so I got the following error.
The request to list features available on the specified server failed.
Solution : Server Manager Error
This one had me perplexed for a while, I close this dialog box and was looking at Server manager and noticed there was an error ‘large red flag’ so I clicked that and got this.
A DISM session could not be opened.
An error occurred The directory in the temporary folder {Location} could not be created.
Ensure that the path to the temporary folder exists and you have Read/Write permissions to the folder.
At this point the penny dropped, in this article I’d changed the location of the system variables for the TEMP and TMP directory. I just needed to change them back.
# Set new TEMP and TMP path
$newTempPath = "C:\Windows\Temp"
# Change system environment variables
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("TEMP", $newTempPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("TMP", $newTempPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
# Verify the changes
Write-Host "System TEMP and TMP variables updated to: $newTempPath"
# Prompt the user to restart for changes to take effect
Write-Host "A restart is required for changes to apply system-wide."
Unfortunately the CHANGE REQUIRES A REBOOT. Post reboot all was well.
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