Download the System Update Readiness Tool from Microsoft. Here’s how to get your features window populated again.ġ. The reason why SFC or System Restore don’t work is they don’t restore anything in the Packages folder and therefore miss the problem altogether.
What we’ve found is that this problem is most often caused by missing or corrupt files in a folder called C:\Windows\Servicing\Packages. One of the only known recommended solutions that will fix the blank Windows Feature is to re-install Windows but that’s rather overkill just to fix a blank window.ĭon’t worry though, because we’ve found a REAL fix for the empty Windows Features problem without re-installing Windows. We can assure you that all these above solutions don’t work. There’s also another method on Google that claims to fix it by running the command “reg delete HKLM\COMPONENTS /v StoreDirty”. If that didn’t work, they recommend a System Restore. The first method is to run the sfc /scannow command to scan all protected system files and replace incorrect versions with the correct Microsoft versions. Microsoft of course is well aware of this problem and they’ve created a knowledge base article 931712 to acknowledge the problem and also provided 2 solutions to resolve this issue. You can see “please wait” initially as it tries to make up a list but then it totally blanks out. One of the most common problems that many people are facing with the Windows Features dialog is the window comes out empty or blank and the features list doesn’t appear. You can also run Windows Features by typing “optionalfeatures” at the run dialog or command prompt. Vista and 7’s Windows Features list is actually pretty much the same as Add/Remove Windows Component in Windows XP. When you click on it, the Windows Features dialog will appear asking you to “Please wait” and it will start searching for a list of windows features such as games, indexing service, internet information services (IIS) and other system components that you can turn on or off. If you’ve uninstalled a program in Windows Vista or 7 from Control Panel, perhaps you’ve noticed “Turn Windows features on or off” in the left pane.
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