The Help output for the Wdsutil.exe utility does not display the commands and descriptions for the "/Get" command and for the "/New" command

Consider the following scenario:

• You install the German version of Windows Server 2008 R2 on a computer.
• At the command prompt, you run theWdsutil.exe utility without any commands on this computer.

In this scenario, the Help output does not display the commands and descriptions for the /Get command and for the /New command.

To work around this issue, redirect the Help output for the Wdsutil.exe command-line tool to a text file. Then, you can view the Help output in Notepad.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start
   , click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
   
   
   If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2. At the command prompt, type the following command and then press ENTER:
   wdsutil.exe > <path>\file_name.txt
   Note Replace the <path> placeholder with the path where you want to save the text file, and replace the file_name placeholder with the name of the text file that you want to save. For example, name the text file "Wds.txt."
3. Open the redirected output in Notepad by using one of the following methods:
   • In Notepad, open the text file that was saved in step 2.
     
     To do this, follow these steps:
     1. Click Start
        , click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Notepad.
     2. On the File menu, click Open.
     3. Locate the text file that you saved in step 2, and then click Open.
   • At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
     notepad.exe <path>\file_name.txt
     Note Replace the <path> placeholder with the path of the text file, and replace the file_name placeholder with the name of the text file. Make sure that you type the correct path and file name for the text file that you saved in step 2.
   • At the command prompt, type the path and file name of the text file that you saved in step 2.
     
     Note Make sure that you type the correct path and file name for the text file.

The text file opens in Notepad and contains the missing commands and descriptions that did not appear at the command prompt.