hello

i tried enabling dotnet feature in windows 8 but error message appeared

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.2.9200.16384

Image Version: 6.2.9200.16384


Error: 87

The limitacces option is not recognized in this context.

before using this command i used these commands 

DISM /Online /cleanup-image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

• Moved by David WoltersModerator Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:10 PM Moving to a more appropriate forum

Error 87 = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER

Have you used this command to enable .net 3.5?

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:d:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

(replace D with your DVD drive or USB thumb drive)

i tried the command to enable .net 3.5.

it states again error 87.

i tried the command to enable .net 3.5.

it states again error 87.

I haven't found a solution yet. However, I have some thoughts I figured were worth adding to this somewhat dated discussion (since the issue is still very much alive, and googling hasn't netted me anything useful, I consider it a live issue):

1) Since adding it from Add Windows Features uses Windows Update, which fails, I removed my WSUS configuration and tried again, to no avail.

2) I used my install media (a flash drive I set up with a full SXS directory) for DISM, which has failed on parameters with 87, the problems in the log as such:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Sourc
e:G:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031

Image Version: 6.3.9600.17031

Enabling feature(s)
[===========================66.5%======                    ]

Error: 0x800f081f

The source files could not be found.
Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required t
o restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see
 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

C:\WINDOWS\system32>Dism /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:G:\sou
rces\sxs /LimitAccess

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031


Error: 87

The enable-feature option is unknown.
For more information, refer to the help by running DISM.exe /?.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

C:\WINDOWS\system32>DISM /Online /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:g
:\sources\sxs

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031

Image Version: 6.3.9600.17031


Error: 87

The featurename option is unknown.
For more information, refer to the help by running DISM.exe /?.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

3) Checking the log file referenced shows the following errors:

[2308] [0x8007007b] FIOReadFileIntoBuffer:(1415): The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
[2308] [0xc142011c] UnmarshallImageHandleFromDirectory:(511)
[2308] [0xc142011c] WIMGetMountedImageHandle:(2568)
[2308] [0x8007007b] FIOReadFileIntoBuffer:(1415): The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
[2308] [0xc142011c] UnmarshallImageHandleFromDirectory:(511)
[2308] [0xc142011c] WIMGetMountedImageHandle:(2568)

The log also ends in a page or two of mandarin characters and jibberish, which doesn't seem appropriate.

It seems totally inappropriate that something as commonly used as .NET Framework 3.5 is this much of a hassle to get functioning.

If someone wanted to provide some insight as to what's broke and why Microsoft hasn't fixed it to make such a mundane, almost categorically required step into something easy, I'd be curious to hear it.

My network is not locked down meaningfully. It's a corporate network running 2008 R2 servers, but our GPO is very 'light', being basically drive mappings, printer installs and a logon script I wrote myself for a variety of tasks unrelated to DISM or Windows Update.

I replaced the d with dvd and it worked great, thanks.

• Proposed as answer by Johnny Beeler 19 hours 15 minutes ago

I replaced the d with dvd and it worked great, thanks.

• Proposed as answer by Johnny Beeler Monday, May 04, 2015 12:06 PM