In this guide, we will show you the steps to install the Media Feature Pack on your Windows 11 PC. Microsoft has baked in quite a few media modules into its latest offering. These are responsible for making sure that your PC is able to handle every popular media file type with ease. However, there exist a few editions that don’t have this module pre-installed. By editions, we don’t ema the Home, Professional, and Enterprise, rather this time around it is about the OS release region.
For example, Windows 11 N Edition is for the Europe region whereas the Windows 11 KN Edition is for Korea. And in both these editions, you will find one thing common- they are missing various media-related technologies. Well, you wouldn’t even find Windows Media Player as well as some preinstalled media apps (Groove, Movies & TV, Voice Recorder, and Skype). Owing to the law of those regions, Microsoft isn’t permitted to bundle these media modules into the OS.
But owing to the importance of these media technologies, they can’t be neglected either. So the Redmond giants took a safe route and have added the links to these packages under the Optional section. It is completely under the disposal of the user whether they wish to install them or not. So if you are looking to get hold of the packages, then this guide shall come in handy. In this tutorial, we will show you the detailed steps to install the Media Feature Pack on your Windows 11 PC. Follow along.
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How to Install Media Feature Pack in Windows 11
There exist two different methods through which you could carry out the said task-via Settings menu and using PowerShell. We have listed both these methods below, you may refer to the one that is in sync with your requirement.
Via Settings Menu
- To begin with, head over to the Settings menu via Windows+I shortcut keys.
- Then select Apps from the left menu bar and go to the Optional Features section.
- After that, click on the View Features button next to Add an Optional feature.
- Now type in Media Feature Pack in the search box and hit Enter. Then checkmark it and click Next.
- After that, click Install and wait for the process to complete. Once done, restart your PC.
- That’s it. The Media Feature Pack has been successfully installed on your Windows 11 PC.
Using PowerShell
- Head over to the Start Menu, search Powershell, and launch it as an administrator.
- Then copy-paste the below command and hit Enter.
DISM /Online /Get-Capabilities
- It shall bring up a list of all the available Optional Features along with their status.
- The installed ones will be listed as Installed (okay, that was an obvious one) and the ones that are yet installed will be shown as Not Present.
- Moving on, scroll to the Media Feature Pack listing and copy its entire name. It will be something along the lines of:
Media.MediaFeaturePack~~~~0.0.1.0
- Now execute the following command in the PowerShell window, replacing PackName with the name that you had copied above.
DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:PackName
- For example, in my case, the aforementioned command will transform to:
DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Media.MediaFeaturePack~~~~0.0.1.0
- The installation process will now being. Once done, restart your PC for the changes to take place.
So these were the two different methods through which you could install the Media Feature pack on your Windows 11 PC. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
Why is Media Feature Pack Missing in Windows 11?
There have been a few queries from the users that they are unable to find the Media Feature Pack under Add an Optional feature section. So why is that the case? Well, it is because these users are running the normal variant of Windows, and that edition already has all the required media modules installed.
So if your OS isn’t Windows N or KN, then you don’t even need to try out the above-listed steps as the Media Feature Pack is already installed on your Windows 11 PC (and hence is absent from the Add an Optional feature section). On that note, here’s how you could check your Windows 11 Edition:
How to Check my Windows 11 Edition?
- Bring up the Run dialog box via Windows+R shortcut keys.
- Then type in the below command and hit Enter to open the About page.
ms-settings:about
- Now go to the Windows Specification section and check out the Edition.
On that note, we round off this guide on how you could install the Media Feature pack in Windows 11. Likewise, we have also made you aware of the reason why it might be missing on some PCs. If you have any doubts concerning it, then do let us know in the comments section below.
