Error when installing System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager

Question

Hi, today I tried to install SCVMM 2022 but I always get this error:

Could not find file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\WSIM\Microsoft.ComponentStudio.Common.dll'.

Prior to installing SCVMM 2022 all prerequisites have been completed including installation of the Windows ADK for Windows 11 version 22H2.

Answer 1

I copied all of the .dll files from C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\WSIM\amd64\

to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\WSIM\

and this also appears to let the installation complete.

This is a bug in the VMM installer which is hopefully being fixed.

Answer 2

Yes, I installed both but many files are missing in given location - I uninstalled both and used ConfigMgr Prerequisites Tool 3.0.6 to install them and now everything is fine.

Answer 3

Hi everyone,

I had the same issue with the DLL installation path. The default ADK installer deployed the DLL in a path containing architecture subfolders (amd64, x86, etc...) C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\WSIM\amd64\Microsoft.ComponentStudio.Common.dll whereas SCVMM installer tried to locate it in this path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\WSIM\Microsoft.ComponentStudio.Common.dll

After a while, I found out that there are multiple versions of ADK available. I'm actually working on Windows Server 2022, and I finally managed to fix the problem after installing these versions of ADK :

• ADK for Windows Server 2022
• Windows PE add-on for the ADK for Windows Server 2022

Installation path of the DLL is now correct and I successfully installed SCVMM 2022.

You can find the different download versions of ADK in the "Other ADK downloads" section here : https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windows-hardware/get-started/adk-install#other-adk-downloads

Tip : Both ADK for Windows Server 2022 packages will download a large .ISO file, but extracting then installing only the .exe respective files on the server (adksetup.exe and adkwinpesetup.exe) worked for me. I guess the server must have access to the internet for that.

I hope this will help !

Answer 4

Hi,

Have you installed the Windows PE add-on for the ADK for Windows 11?

• Get the Windows ADK:
• Download the Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 22H2 (updated September 2023)
• Download the Windows PE add-on for the Windows ADK for Windows 11, version 22H2 (updated September 2023)