CommandNotFoundException: get-windowsoptionalfeature

Question

I am using Powershell Version 2 on windows 7. I need to run the following command: get-windowsoptionalfeature

but when I run: get-command -Verb Get, the get-windowsoptionalfeature is not listed and as a result when I enter the command I receive an error stating that "get-windowsoptionalfeature" is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function.

Am I missing a dll or something?

Answer 1

get-windowsoptionalfeature is only applicable to Windows 8 & Server 2012.