Windows Server 2012: Convert server Core to server with a Gui

  1. Create a to mount a Imaging File (WIM) in with the command mkdir c:\mountdir

  2. Determine the index number for a with a GUI image (for example, SERVERDATACENTER, not SERVERDATACENTERCORE) using this command at an elevated command prompt: Dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:<drive>:sources\install.wim

  3. Mount the WIM file using this command at an elevated command prompt: Dism /mount-wim /WimFile:<drive>:\sources\install.wim /Index:<#_from_step_> /MountDir:c:\mountdir /readonly

  4. Start and run this cmdlet:

    Install-WindowsFeature -Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Restart –Source c:\mountdir\\winsxs

  5. Alternatively, if you want to use Windows as the source instead of a WIM file, use this cmdlet:

    Install-WindowsFeature -Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Restart

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