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How to I enable Failed Request Tracing in IIS 10.0 on my Windows 10 dev pc?

I can find instructions for IIS7 and IIS8.5 (see http://www.iis.net/learn/troubleshoot/using-failed-request-tracing/troubleshooting-failed-requests-using-tracing-in-iis-85) but doesn't seem to be available in IIS10.

According to above instructions there should be a link to "Failed Request Tracing" under "Configure" in the Actions pane - but see in screen shot it is clearly not there: screen shot of IIS Actions pane

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The instructions should work exactly the same since the UI has not changed. Make sure that you install Failed Request Tracing, for that run OptionalFeatures.exe and make sure that Tracing is enabled in the Internet Information Services->World Wide Web Services->Health and Diagnostics.

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    This is now also available for install via the Web Platform Installer (WebPI) by searching "IIS: Tracing" Download link: https://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx – forcequitIO Jan 16 '18 at 20:51
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    because this answer wasn't very helpful if you don't already know where to find that .exe, the instructions on this page are useful: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webserver/tracing/tracefailedrequests/ – matao Jan 31 '18 at 07:21
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    @matao Thanks that link is helpful. You should make this an answer! – Dov Miller Jun 06 '18 at 09:34
  • @matao the exe is on the PATH – Janiek Buysrogge Dec 03 '18 at 13:03
  • @JaniekBuysrogge "'optionalfeatures' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.", run from one of our dev web servers. Because you need to jump through the hoops in my link to install the darn thing. Not sure where you got the idea that it's just floating around on the PATH from... – matao Dec 13 '18 at 02:41
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    @matao That .exe simply opens the "Turn Windows features on or off" dialog. where optionalfeatures.exe -> C:\Windows\System32\OptionalFeatures.exe – Janiek Buysrogge Jan 09 '19 at 13:17
  • @JaniekBuysrogge ok I see what the issue is. On my Windows 7 desktop optionalfeatures.exe is in that location, but when I check our (old) 2008R2 web server it's not. environmental factors yay ;-) – matao Jan 11 '19 at 00:17
  • You can also run `Install-WindowsFeature Web-Http-Tracing` in PowerShell. – Tereza Tomcova Feb 08 '19 at 22:20
  • Neither this answer nor any of the others address the fact that in IIS 10 there is no Configure link, as the OP asked. [Even when I am positive the feature is installed](https://imgur.com/a/D0ICLI3). – Ross Presser Aug 25 '20 at 21:34
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You can also add this feature by going to Start -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Internet Information Services -> Health and Diagnostics.

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You can enable the tracing feature using this PowerShell command (Running as Administrator)

Install-WindowsFeature Web-Http-Tracing
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