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windows 10 fod iso download Features On Demand. Features on Demand (FODs) are Windows features that can be added at any time. Common features include language resources like handwriting recognition or other features like the .NET Framework (.NetFx3). When Windows 10 or Windows Server needs a new feature, it can request the feature package from Windows Update. You can also preinstall FODs so they're ready if a user needs them. FODs are distributed as .cab files on the Languages and Optional Features ISO and you can use DISM to add one or more FODs to a Windows image. If you're using the Languages and Optional Features ISO to preinstall FODs, make sure you're using the ISO that matches your Windows image version. The Languages and Optional Features ISO is new for Windows 11. Previous versions of Windows use the Features on Demand (FOD) ISO. Add language packs, FODs, and apps, in that order, prior to installing an update. If you add an update prior to adding language packs, FODs, and apps you'll have to reinstall the update. Types of Features on Demand. Windows has two types of Features on Demand: FODs without satellite packages : Monolithic FODs with all language resources packaged into the same package. These FODs are distributed as a single .cab file. They can be added using either DISM /Add-Capability or /Add-Package . FODs with satellite packages : Language-neutral FODs that have language and/or architecture resources in separate packages (satellites). When you install this type of FOD, only the packages that apply to the Windows image are installed, which reduces disk footprint. While these FODs are distributed as a set .cab files, they are installed by specifying a single /capabilityname when you run DISM /Add-Capability . Satellite FODs can't be installed using DISM's /Add-Package option. FODs with satellites require a well-formed FOD repository. You can use the Languages and Optional Features ISO as a repository, or a custom repository that you create with DISM /export-source . Don't hand-copy .cab files to a folder and try to use it as a repository. DISM requires additional metadata in the repository. See Available Features on demand for more information about which FODs have satellites. Language FODs don't have satellites. While you can add non-satellite FODs using /add-package , we recommend adding all FODs with /add-capability because you can use it to add both satellite and non-satellite FODs. Adding or removing Features on Demand. Using DISM /add-package to add or remove FODs. You can add non-satellite Features on demand to a Windows image with DISM /add-package . The FODs that you can add with /add-package include the language FODs, the FODs that come preinstalled with Windows, and the FODs that we recommend for preinstallation. OEMs can generally add FODs to their Windows images using DISM /add-package , unless they need to preinstall a FOD that has satellites. Using DISM /add-capability to add or remove FODs. You can also install FODs with DISM /add-Capability . You have to use /add-capability to preinstall satellite FODs. If you're preinstalling a FOD onto an offline image, use the /source option to tell Windows where to find the FOD installation files. The /source could be a FOD repository or a mounted Language and Optional features ISO. You can use multiple /source arguments in a command. If you're adding a FOD to an online image, /add-capability downloads features from Windows Update and adds them to the image. If you don't want to install from Windows Update, you can use /LimitAccess , which tells DISM to not check Windows Update or Windows Server Update Services for the capability source files. Use the /online option to add the capability to your PC. Use /Image:\<mount path> with the /source option to add the capability to a mounted Windows image. Adds a capability to an image. For packages with dependencies this also pulls dependent packages. For example, if you add the Speech package, you'll also get the Text-to- speech and Basic packages in addition to Speech. If /Source is specified, DISM looks in the specified locations first. If /Source is not specified, or if the source files are not found in the specified locations, DISM checks the locations specified by group policy. If the files still aren't found, and if DISM is running against an online image, and if /LimitAccess is not specified, it looks for the files on Windows Update. DISM.exe /Online /add-capability /CapabilityName:Language.Basic. Removes a capability from an image. Note : You cannot remove a capability that other packages depend on. For example, if you have the French handwriting and basic capabilities installed, you can't remove the basic capability. To see all available DISM commands for capabilities, see DISM Capabilities Package Servicing Command-Line Options. FOD repositories. When using /add-capability to add FODs to an image, you specify a repository as a source location. You can: Use the mounted Languages and Features ISO directly as the repository Create a custom FOD repository. The following example shows how to build a minimally sized custom FOD repository that includes a single satellite FOD: Mount your Windows image. Mount the Features on Demand ISO with File Explorer. This will assign it a drive letter. Export a FOD from your image from the FOD ISO. Where D:\ is the mount location for the Feature on Demand ISO. You can now use C:\repository as a source for the FODs that you included in the repository. If you're adding and removing lanauges from you image, you may need to create a custom FOD and language pack repository. See Build a custom FOD and language pack repository for more information. What is Windows 10 Features on Demand & how do I install FOD? In this post, we will discuss what are Windows 10 Features on Demand and why some users (specifically Windows 10 systems managed via WSUS) might be unable to download and install FOD (Features on Demand). What is Windows 10 Features on Demand. Windows 10 Features On Demand are additional feature options available through Windows Update. This download allows organizations to pre- configure Windows 10 installation software with these features prior to deployment. This download can also be used to install features from local media. Features on Demand (FODs) are Windows feature packages that can be added at any time. Common features include language resources like handwriting recognition or other features like the .NET Framework (.NetFx3). When Windows 10 or Windows Server needs a new feature, it can request the feature package from Windows Update. Unlike previous Feature Packs, Features on Demand v2 can apply to multiple Windows builds and can be added using DISM without knowing the build number. Always use Features on Demand that match the architecture of the operating system. Adding Features on Demand of the wrong architecture might not return an error immediately, but will likely cause functionality issues in the operating system. FODs without satellite packages : FODs with all language resources packaged into the same package. These FODs are distributed as a single .cab file and can be added using either DISM /Add-Capability or /Add-Package. FODs with satellite packages : When you install this type of FOD, only the packages that apply to the Windows image are installed, which reduces disk footprint. These FODs are distributed as a set of several .cab files, but are installed by specifying a single /capabilityname. They can only be added using DISM /Add-Capability (and not /Add-Package). Windows Features on Demand not installing. Starting with Windows 10 version 1809, FOD (Features on Demand) and language packs can only be installed from Windows Update and not via WSUS. If you cannot install Windows 10 Features on Demand, you’ll need to configure the Group Policy to go directly to Windows Update to download and install FOD. Press Windows key + R, type gpedit.msc , hit Enter to launch the Group Policy editor. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System . Scroll down on the right pane, locate and double-click Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair . This policy setting specifies the network locations that will be used for the repair of operating system corruption and for enabling optional features that have had their payload files removed. If you enable this policy setting and specify the new location, the files in that location will be used to repair operating system corruption and for enabling optional features that have had their payload files removed. You must enter the fully qualified path to the new location in the “”Alternate source file path”” text box. Multiple locations can be specified when each path is separated by a semicolon. The network location can be either a folder, or a WIM file. If it is a WIM file, the location should be specified by prefixing the path with “wim:” and include the index of the image to use in the WIM file. For example “ wim:\\server\share\install.wim:3 ”. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, or if the required files cannot be found at the locations specified in this policy setting, the files will be downloaded from Windows Update, if that is allowed by the policy settings for the computer. Click the radio button for Enabled. Alternate source file path: <BLANK> Never attempt to download payload from Windows Update: Uncheck Download repair content and optional features directly from Windows Update instead of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS): Check. Click Apply > OK.