LCM failed to deserialize configuration status

DSC
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Has anyone seen this before?

WMF 5 RTM (v1)

PS C:> Get-DscConfigurationStatus
Get-DscConfigurationStatus : LCM failed to deserialize configuration status.
At line:1 char:1

  • Get-DscConfigurationStatus
  •   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (MSFT_DSCLocalConfigurationManager:root/Microsoft/...gurationManager) [Get
 -DscConfigurationStatus], CimException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1,Get-DscConfigurationStatus
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I haven’t. Did you upgrade from a preview version of WMF5? You could try deleting C:\Windows\System32\Configuration\DSCStatusHistory.mof and the contents of C:\Windows\System32\Configuration\ConfigurationStatus\ , and see if the problem goes away once DSC has applied configurations again.

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Thanks Dave, that did the trick!

I uninstalled Preview, rebooted and then installed RTM, so not exactly an upgrade. There must have still been some left over bits from Preview.