Saturday, July 5, 2014

Enable Desktop Experience on Windows 2012 R2

Howdy,

Recently, I installed  Microsoft Office on Windows 2012 R2 Server for some reason and i could not open up OneNote!! why????

It would ask me to Enable Desktop Experience on the Server from Programs and Features.




If you go to Programs and features, you may not find one very easily :). I thought i will let you guys know just in case, if you come across similar situation.

Open Server Manager












Select Local Server from the Panel


On the Top Right side, Click on Manage and select Add Roles and Features



Keep Clicking Next in the wizard until you get to Features installation





In the Features installation page, go to "User Interface and Infrastructure" & select Desktop Experience.







When asked to add Features, click Add required Features as below and Click Next.






You will need to restart your computer to finish this Feature installation and the Server Manager will also throw a warning as below.





Once rebooted, you will be able to access OneNote

I hope that helps
 

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