Installing Desktop-Experience on CloudServices WorkerRole with osFamily=3

Question

I have a startup task that runs elevated for a worker role:
    <Startup>
      <Task executionContext="elevated" taskType="background" commandLine="startup.bat" />   
</Startup>
I have tried a variety of things but am left wanting:
powershell -command "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
powershell -command "Install-WindowsFeature -Name Desktop-Experience -Restart" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
Another attempt:
REM : Install desktop experience if havent already
IF EXIST "step1done.txt" (
ECHO Already installed desktop experience so moving on >> transcript.txt
) ELSE (
ECHO ran desktopexperience install > step1done.txt
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -command "Install-WindowsFeature -Name Desktop-Experience" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
GOTO RestartForDesktopExperience
... OTHER SETUP STEPS ...
EXIT /b 0
:RestartForDesktopExperience
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -command "Restart-Computer" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
I have tried a variety of other things as well, but nothing seems to work. I would appreciate any thoughts?
Note: I am using osFamily=3 which is Server 2012 and therefore this link does not work for me: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8852425b-7253-4552-96c7-b26703f95521/action?threadDisplayName=install-desktop-experience-programmatically

Answer 1

Hi,
I test this powershell command line on my Server 2012 azure VM, the Desktop Experience install successful, so, maybe there is something wrong with the function that use a PowerShell Script as a Startup Task, please have a look at below document.
#http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj130675.aspx
Best Regards,
Jambor
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