Upgrading VDA on Win 10 machine returns error Microsoft Media foundation not available

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Several multimedia acceleration features (such as HDX MediaStream Windows Media Redirection) require that Microsoft Media Foundation be installed on the machine on which you install the VDA. If the machine does not have Media Foundation installed, the multimedia acceleration features will not be installed and will not work.
Do not remove Media Foundation from the machine after installing the Citrix software; otherwise, users will not be able to log on to the machine.
On most supported Windows desktop OS editions, Media Foundation support is already installed and cannot be removed. However, N editions do not include certain media-related technologies; you can obtain that software from Microsoft or a third party.

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Problem Cause

Windows media player seems checked but not installed on VDA:

GUI verification:


Registry path:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\WindowsFeatures\WindowsMediaVersion

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xenapp-and-xendesktop/7-15-ltsr/install-configure/install-prepare.html