Error
Sometimes when building a Domain Controller The new roles will not install and you’ll get the error below
The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701
Log
Navigate to C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log and search for STATUS_SXS_ASSEMBLY_MISSING
Quick fix
Get a new image and start over
Geek Way
Run these commands at elevated cmd
- Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
- Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
- Dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /analyzecomponentstore
- Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /restoreHealth
- sfc.exe /scannow
- powershell.exe “Get-TroubleshootingPack -path C:\Windows\diagnostics\system\WindowsUpdate | Invoke-TroubleshootingPack
If that doesn’t work get a new image