The Get-WindowsCapability cmdlet gets Windows capabilities installed in an image or running operating system, or available for installation from a remote source.
Examples
Example 1: Get the Windows capabilities for an image
This command gets the Windows capabilities installed in the operating system image specified by the Name parameter at the path C:\offline.
Example 2: Get the Windows capabilities for the local operating system
PS C:\> Get-WindowsCapability -Online
This command gets the Windows capabilities installed on the local host.
Parameters
-LimitAccess
Prevents DISM from contacting Windows Update or Windows Server Update for the capability source files.
Parameter properties
Type:
SwitchParameter
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-LogLevel
Specifies the maximum output level shown in the logs.
The default log level is 3.
The accepted values are as follows:
1 = Errors only
2 = Errors and warnings
3 = Errors, warnings, and information
4 = All of the information listed previously, plus debug output
Parameter properties
Type:
LogLevel
Default value:
None
Accepted values:
Errors, Warnings, WarningsInfo
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Aliases:
LL
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-LogPath
Specifies the full path and file name to log to.
If not set, the default is %WINDIR%\Logs\Dism\dism.log.
In Windows PE, the default directory is the RAMDISK scratch space which can be as low as 32 MB.
The log file will automatically be archived.
The archived log file will be saved with .bak appended to the file name and a new log file will be generated.
Each time the log file is archived the .bak file will be overwritten.
When using a network share that is not joined to a ___domain, use the net use command together with ___domain credentials to set access permissions before you set the log path for the DISM log.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Aliases:
LP
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-Name
Specifies the identity of the capability in an operating system image to get.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-Online
Indicates that the cmdlet operates on a running operating system on the local host.
Parameter properties
Type:
SwitchParameter
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
Online
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-Path
Specifies the full path to the root directory of the offline Windows image that you will service.
If the directory named Windows is not a subdirectory of the root directory, WindowsDirectory must be specified.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
Offline
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-ScratchDirectory
Specifies a temporary directory that will be used when extracting files for use during servicing.
The directory must exist locally.
If not specified, the \Windows\%Temp% directory will be used, with a subdirectory name of a randomly generated hexadecimal value for each run of DISM.
Items in the scratch directory are deleted after each operation.
You should not use a network share ___location as a scratch directory to expand a package (.cab or .msu file) for installation.
The directory used for extracting files for temporary usage during servicing should be a local directory.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-Source
Allows you to check the capabilities that are installable from a ___location that contains packages
used to install capabilities, such as a FOD repository. Multiple Source arguments can be used.
Parameter properties
Type:
String[]
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-SystemDrive
Specifies the path to the ___location of the BootMgr files.
This is necessary only when the BootMgr files are located on a partition other than the one that you are running the command from.
Use -SystemDrive to service an installed Windows image from a Windows PE environment.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-WindowsDirectory
Specifies the path to the Windows directory relative to the image path.
This cannot be the full path to the Windows directory; it should be a relative path.
If not specified, the default is the Windows directory in the root of the offline image directory.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
-InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable,
-ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters.