Shell – .NET Framework 4.5 remote install via PowerShell

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I am trying to install .NET Framework 4.5 to the remote Win2008R2 Server via PowerShell session in such way (user is in the server Administrators group):

$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $server -Credential Get-Credential
Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock {Start-Process -FilePath "C:\temp\dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe" -ArgumentList "/q /norestart" -Wait -PassThru}

And then I get this error:

Executable: C:\temp\dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe v4.5.50709.17929

--- logging level: standard ---
Successfully bound to the ClusApi.dll
Error 0x80070424: Failed to open the current cluster
Cluster drive map: ''
Considering drive: 'C:\'...
Drive 'C:\' has been selected as the largest fixed drive
Directory 'C:\aa113be049433424d2d3ca\' has been selected for file extraction
Extracting files to: C:\aa113be049433424d2d3ca\
Error 0x80004005: Failed to extract all files out of box container #0.
Error 0x80004005: Failed to extract
Exiting with result code: 0x80004005
=== Logging stopped: 2013/09/04 16:29:51 ===

If I run command locally at the server – all works fine.

Start-Process -FilePath "C:\temp\dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe" `
-ArgumentList "/q /norestart" -Wait

Best Answer

I was having the exact same issue and it felt familiar so I dug through my memory and remembered how I fixed it last time. The issue is caused by the limit on the amount of memory available to your PS remote session. This article shows you how to query it. If you up it to 1GB, you should be able to install .NET 4.5 without issue.

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