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hyper-v 2016 VM can not install windows feature on VHDX on Host

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hi,
i have win 10 hyper-v host –> (H1 – 192.168.1.200)
i have created 3 VMs, viz. 1} hv-nug1, 2}gui-nug, 3}core-nug –>
“gui-nug” & “core-nug” are Clonned from “hv-nug1”.
when i try to install windows feature from “core-nug” OR “gui-nug”  on Offline VHDX(core-nug.vhdx OR gui-nug-) residing on Host i.e. H1 – 192.168.1.200, i get following Error—->
location of VHDXs —->c:\VMs\core-nug\Virtual Hard Disks\hv-nug1.vhdx’ –> on 192.168.200 – Host
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install-WindowsFeature -Name web-server -Vhd ‘\\192.168.1.200\c$\VMs\core-nug\Virtual Hard Disks\hv-nug1.vhdx’

Install-WindowsFeature : You do not have adequate user rights to the specified path:\\192.168.1.200\c$\VMs\core-nug\Virtual Hard Disks\hv-nug1.vhdx.
Verify that the folder grants Read andWrite permissions to the computer account of the server that you specified to mount the VHD. Error:0x80070005.At line:1 char:1+ Install-WindowsFeature -Name web-server -Vhd ‘\\192.168.1.200\c$\VMs\ …+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    + CategoryInfo         : PermissionDenied: (@{Vhd=\\192.168…Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-Wind  owsFeature], DeploymentProviderException    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentImage_InitializeImagePath_GetFileAttributes_AccessDenied,Microsoft  .Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsFeatureCommand——————-^————–
kindly respond ASAP. Thanks in advance.

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Sounds like a User Account problem

In reply to hyper-v 2016 VM can not install windows feature on VHDX on Host

Try changing escalating the user profile to admin. If that doesn’t work, try editing group policy.

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In reply to hyper-v 2016 VM can not install windows feature on VHDX on Host

Use PowerShell in Administrator mode.

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