Install Windows capabilities and features with PowerShell.

windows-capabilities-features.md

Windows Capabilities & Features

Instructions

Open the Windows Terminal as Administrator and run the PowerShell script.

Install OCR Language Capabilities

Install all Windows OCR language capability packages to the system via Windows Update.

Enables text recognition capabilities to apps like Snipping Tool and PowerToys's Text Extractor.

Get-WindowsCapability -Online |
    Where-Object { $_.Name -Like 'Language.OCR~*' -And $_.State -Eq "NotPresent" } |
    ForEach-Object {
        try {
            Write-Host "Installing: $($_.Name)"
            Add-WindowsCapability -Name $_.Name -Online -ErrorAction Stop
        }
        catch {
            Write-Warning "Error: $_"
        }
    }

Install Other Capabilities

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object { $_.Name -Like 'MathRecognizer~*' } | Add-WindowsCapability -Online
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object { $_.Name -Like 'Tools.Graphics.DirectX~*' } | Add-WindowsCapability -Online
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object { $_.Name -Like 'Msix.PackagingTool.Driver~*' } | Add-WindowsCapability -Online
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object { $_.Name -Like 'Microsoft.Windows.StorageManagement~*' } | Add-WindowsCapability -Online

Export Features & Capabilities

Get-WindowsCapability -Online |
    Sort-Object {
        switch ($_.State) {
            'Installed' { 0 }
            'InstallPending' { 1 }
            'NotPresent' { 2 }
            default { 3 }
        }
    } |
    Select-Object Name, State |
    Export-Csv -Path "Capabilities.csv" -NoTypeInformation

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online |
    Sort-Object {
        switch ($_.State) {
            'Enabled'   { 0 }
            'EnablePending' { 1 }
            'Disabled'  { 2 }
            default     { 3 }
        }
    } |
    Select-Object FeatureName, State |
    Export-Csv -Path "Features.csv" -NoTypeInformation