Enable WSL fails during configuration

[denelon]

Brief description of your issue

@MeikTranel reported in #3346

# Enable WSL
   - resource: PSDscResources/WindowsOptionalFeature
     directives:
       description: Enable WSL
     settings:
       Name: Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

WSL Enabling fails because apparently winget configure runs pwsh.exe which cannot run PS Code regarding windows optional feature management.

Steps to reproduce

Build a configuration with the above resource.

Expected behavior

Windows Subsystem for Linux will be anabled

Actual behavior

An error reporting "Class not registered".

Environment

Not reported.

[MeikTranel]

winget --info:

Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.6.1573-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.23481.1000
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.1573.0

Winget Directories
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logs                               %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag…
User Settings                      %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett…
Portable Links Directory (User)    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User)       %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root              C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86)        C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages

Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Privacy Statement   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement   https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage            https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Admin Setting                             State
--------------------------------------------------
LocalManifestFiles                        Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride                     Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride           Disabled

$PSVersionTable (powershell.exe):

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.23481.1000
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.23481.1000
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

$PSVersionTable (pwsh.exe):

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.3.4
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.3.4
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.23481
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

[rlabrecquefsg]

I tried to do the same using xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/xWindowsFeature on Windows 11 Pro (Insiders Dev Channel) running winget as admin, hoping maybe this one would work but:

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/0.2
properties:
  configurationVersion: 0.2.0
  resources:
    - resource: "xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/xWindowsFeature"
      directives:
        description: "Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux"
      settings:
        Name: "Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux"
        Ensure: "Present"

Apply :: xWindowsFeature
  The configuration unit failed while attempting to test the current system state.
System.InvalidOperationException: Installing roles and features using PowerShell Desired State Configuration is supported only on Server SKU's. It is not supported on Client SKU.
<See the log file for additional details>

Not entirely sure where the log is but the error is pretty clear.

[jtnord]

log contains not much more other than failed with code 0x8a15c105 and error message: Class not registered
along with the call trace
PSDscResources\2.12.0.0\.......\MSFT_WindowsOptionalFeature.psm1: line 286

[denelon]

I mentioned a workaround over at:

• winget configure fails when calling WindowsOptionalFeature DSC Resource #4264 (comment)