"Something happened and we couldn't install a feature"


  1. Posts : 43
    Windows 10 Pro Insider
       #1

    "Something happened and we couldn't install a feature"


    "Something happened and we couldn't install a feature"-2022-09-09-13_09_52-window.png
    But don't tell me what feature it is that is trying to get installed. And don't tell me what went wrong or an error code or anything. And when I click on it, just bring me to the settings page, no section in particular. And don't put anything in the Event Log either. Because that would be actually helpful, and we can't have that in Windows.

    Yeah I'm getting this popup almost everyday and it has been like this for a couple months now. I seriously don't know what "feature" it's trying to install because it literally tells me nothing. All I have is the "We're installing a feature!" and then the "Something went wrong" pop ups. I can click on them but it only brings me to the full windows settings page. I literally cannot see what the hell it is trying to install in any way. My only guess is that it's trying to install something from the French Canada language pack as it's the original language the system was installed in, but somehow failing because I switched it to English.

    I would like to make these near daily pop ups disappear. Any help?

    Windows 10 Pro 21H2 19044.1889
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  2. Posts : 42,955
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Hi, have you applied any tweaks, disabled services, tried to disable so-called telemetry- anything out of the ordinary?
    What security software are you using?
    Have you made any firewall changes/set rules?
    Is your Store working properly?

    Have you checked your Update History?

    Have a look at
    Something happened, and we couldn't install a feature [Fix]
    - and advise the outcome of what you've tried.

    - more by searching for your error message which I've screen OCR'd for you:
    Something happened, and we couldn't install a feature.
    My only guess is that it's trying to install something from the French Canada language pack as it's the original language the system was installed in, but somehow failing because I switched it to English.
    - when did you do that? Was it around the time this started?

    This covers that area:
    Fix "Something happened and we couldn't install a feature" on Windows 11
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  3. Posts : 4,187
    Windows 11 Pro, 22H2
       #3

    You may also want to take a look at the event logs to see if it is logging more specific detail there.
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  4. Posts : 43
    Windows 10 Pro Insider
    Thread Starter
       #4

    hsehestedt said:
    You may also want to take a look at the event logs to see if it is logging more specific detail there.
    I did say that I had looked at the event log and didn't find anything. Which was true.
    I now found that the error was logged as "Information". And I only found it by looking a the time of the error.
    Why

    Looking at the error now, I can also say I was correct with my guess. It's trying to install something from the FR-CA language pack, I just don"t know what.
    "Something happened and we couldn't install a feature"-2022-09-09-14_49_26-event-viewer.png
    I guess I'll reinstall the package, might make it go away.
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  5. Posts : 4,780
    Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit 22H2
       #5

    Did you Click or Tap to Get More Information?
    It looks like it is Language Pack for French.
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  6. Posts : 42,955
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #6

    If you care to look at my post, what you describe is covered in the links I took time to put together for you.
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