Citrix Director installation failed with error "dism component failed to install".
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Description
Citrix Director installation failed with error "‘dism’ component failed to install with error 0x00000032."
Installation failed as one of the Windows features could not be enabled due to errors.

Resolution
Enable the Windows feature
WCF Services ->
HTTP Activation.

Problem Cause
Check the Xendesktop Installation.txt log to find out the feature that failed to install.From the below log snippet, we could see that WCF à HTTP Activation feature was not enabled. Make sure this feature is enabled before you reinstall Citrix Director.Xendesktop Installation.txt12:24:46.9506 : XenDesktopSetup:Starting synchronous process 'dism' with args '/quiet /norestart /english /online /enable-feature /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole /featurename:IIS-WebServer /featurename:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /featurename:IIS-StaticContent /featurename:IIS-DefaultDocument /featurename:IIS-DirectoryBrowsing /featurename:IIS-HttpErrors /featurename:IIS-HttpRedirect /featurename:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment /featurename:IIS-ASP /featurename:IIS-CGI /featurename:IIS-ISAPIExtensions /featurename:IIS-ISAPIFilter /featurename:IIS-ServerSideIncludes /featurename:IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics /featurename:IIS-HttpTracing /featurename:IIS-HttpLogging /featurename:IIS-LoggingLibraries /featurename:IIS-Performance /featurename:IIS-HttpCompressionStatic /featurename:IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic /featurename:IIS-WebServerManagementTools /featurename:IIS-ManagementConsole /featurename:IIS-LegacySnapIn /featurename:IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility /featurename:IIS-Metabase /featurename:IIS-LegacyScripts /featurename:IIS-ManagementScriptingTools /featurename:IIS-WMICompatibility /featurename:WAS-WindowsActivationService /featurename:WAS-ProcessModel /featurename:IIS-ASPNET45 /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility45 /featurename:NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45 /featurename:WCF-HTTP-Activation45 /featurename:WAS-ConfigurationAPI /featurename:IIS-Security /featurename:IIS-BasicAuthentication /featurename:IIS-WindowsAuthentication /featurename:IIS-RequestFiltering /featurename:NetFx3ServerFeatures /logpath:"C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Temp\Citrix\XenDesktop Installer\IIS_Install.txt"'12:26:19.6932 : XenDesktopSetup:Process output:12:26:19.6932 : XenDesktopSetup:Process output: Error: 5012:26:19.6932 : XenDesktopSetup:Process output:12:26:19.6932 : XenDesktopSetup:Process output: The operation is complete but WCF-HTTP-Activation45 feature was not enabled.12:26:19.6932 : XenDesktopSetup:Process output: A required parent feature may not be enabled. You can use the /enable-feature /all option to automatically enable each parent feature from the following list. If the parent feature(s) are already enabled, refer to the log file for further diagnostics.12:26:19.6932 : XenDesktopSetup:Process output: WCF-Services4512:26:19.7002 : XenDesktopSetup:Process completed with error code 0x0000003212:26:19.7172 $ERR$ : XenDesktopSetup:InstallComponent: Failed to install component 'Microsoft Internet Information Services'. 'dism' component failed to install with error 0x00000032.12:26:19.7172 $ERR$ : XenDesktopSetup:Recording installation failure. 'dism' component failed to install with error 0x00000032.12:26:19.7172 PROC : XenDesktopSetup:InstallComponent: Exit12:26:19.7172 : XenDesktopSetup:Install tasks for this session have finished.12:26:19.7182 : XenDesktopSetup:Installation failedIIS_Install.txtInfo DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=2076 TID=8732 Feature WCF-HTTP-Activation45 with CBS state 4(CbsInstallStateStaged) being mapped to dism state 4(DISM_INSTALL_STATE_STAGED) - CDISMPackageFeature::LogInstallStateMappingError DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=2076 TID=8732 Parent features must be enabled before this feature can be enabled. "WCF-HTTP-Activation45" - CPackageManagerCLIHandler::Private_ProcessFeatureChangeError DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=2076 TID=8732 One or more features could not be enabled. - CPackageManagerCLIHandler::Private_ProcessFeatureChange(hr:0x80070032)Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=2076 TID=8732 Failed while processing command enable-feature. - CPackageManagerCLIHandler::ExecuteCmdLine(hr:0x80070032)
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