Windows 2016 Edition : Server Datacenter unable to add roles or features after making server a doain control

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Bob OSullivan

I cannot install any roles or features at all on my Windows 2016 data center which is a physical box. For example, if I want to install the DHCP role on this server by using the GUI. It just fails no error, I have also try a few other roles and they too have fail. One solution was to try this command: "install-windowsfeature Ad-domain-services –source g:\" Reason being the source needs to point to my installation media, which I have mounted as a virtual drive. Here is the error:

Install-WindowsFeature : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts
argument 'g:\'.
At line:1 char:1
+ install-windowsfeature Ad-domain-services g:\
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: :)) [Install-WindowsFeature], Paramet
erBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.ServerMa
nager.Commands.AddWindowsFeatureCommand

What part am I missing?

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