Windows 10: DISM /Mount-Image Error 3 "The system cannot find the path specified" does not even say...

The obvious question here is "how do I get around this problem?" I've used DISM to mount and modify images many times in the past and never run into this blockage, and DISM itself gives no clue as to what is causing it or how to get around it.


First of all, I know there are many instances of problems that sound just like this all over the internet including this forum. Most have no answers. Some are about completely different operations where the answers suggested were alternate ways to do things, which are irrelevant in my case. After much wasted time, I've given up trying to wade through them to find anything useful.


I consider it a defect in DISM that it provides this error message but does not indicate on console output or in the log filewhich path it was trying to find or open when this error occurred. Microsoft really should fix that.


But all the paths provided on the command line are valid.


I've even done a

DISM /Cleanup-Mountpoints

which actually did have some work to do, and

rebooted my system,

to no avail.


Both the

DISM /Mount-Image

and the

DISM /Mount-Wim

commands yield the same error. Example of what it looks like:


C:\>echo. > C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

C:\>DISM /Mount-Wim /WimFile:J:\Images\amd64\L14_win10v1909exp_v1.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\mount10 /LogLevel:4

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.900


Error: 3

The system cannot find the path specified.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log


Proving that the paths "specified" are actually correct by recalling and editing the same command line to transform it into a "dir" command:


C:\>dir J:\Images\amd64\L14_win10v1909exp_v1.wim C:\mount10
Volume in drive J is Images
Volume Serial Number is 5C3C-CBC5

Directory of J:\Images\amd64

10/13/2020 11:01 a.m. 21,916,174,371 L14_win10v1909exp_v1.wim
1 Files 21,916,174,371 bytes
0 Dirs 75,805,683,712 bytes free

Volume in drive C is Windows
Volume Serial Number is C419-1BCF

Directory of C:\mount10

10/13/2020 10:13 a.m. <DIR> .
10/13/2020 10:13 a.m. <DIR> ..
0 Files 0 bytes
2 Dirs 215,935,897,600 bytes free


I also went back and did this, just to see that even DISM is able to confirm that the image file is, in fact, a valid image that it understands:


C:\>DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:J:\Images\amd64\L14_win10v1909exp_v1.wim

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.900

Details for image : J:\Images\amd64\L14_win10v1909exp_v1.wim

Index : 1
Name : OS
Description : <undefined>
Size : 52,741,093,327 bytes

The operation completed successfully.



The log for this isn't particularly long, so I'll include it here omitting the first column with date/time and the third column which is always "DISM", to save space:


Info PID=5948 TID=1744 Temporarily setting the scratch directory. This may be overridden by user later. - CDISMManager::FinalConstruct

Info PID=5948 TID=1744 Scratch directory set to 'C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Temp\'. - CDISMManager:ut_ScratchDir

Info PID=5948 TID=1744 DismCore.dll version: 10.0.18362.900 - CDISMManager::FinalConstruct

Info PID=5948 TID=1744 Local image session has not been created, creating now. - CDISMManager::CreateLocalImageSession

Info Initialized Panther logging at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Info PID=5948 TID=1744 Attempting to load the Dism stack from "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism" - CDISMManager::LoadLocalImageSession

Info PID=5948 TID=1744 Successfully loaded the ImageSession at "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism" - CDISMManager::LoadLocalImageSession

Info Initialized Panther logging at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Found and Initialized the DISM Logger. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_InitializeLogger

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Cannot get the provider PE Provider because it was not found in the provider map - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProviderhr:0x80070032

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Failed to get and initialize the PE Provider. Continuing by assuming that it is not a WinPE image. - CDISMProviderStore::Final_OnConnect

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Finished initializing the Provider Map. - CDISMProviderStore::Final_OnConnect

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Getting Provider DISMLogger - CDISMProviderStore::GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has previously been initialized. Returning the existing instance. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Image Session: PID=5948 TID=1744 Obtained the local logger instance. Configured the local session to use it. - CDISMImageSession::get_ProviderStore

Info Initialized Panther logging at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Getting Provider DISMLogger - CDISMProviderStore::GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has previously been initialized. Returning the existing instance. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Manager: PID=5948 TID=1744 Successfully created the local image session and provider store. - CDISMManager::CreateLocalImageSession

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Getting Provider DISMLogger - CDISMProviderStore::GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has previously been initialized. Returning the existing instance. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM.EXE:

Info DISM.EXE: <----- Starting Dism.exe session ----->

Info DISM.EXE:

Info DISM.EXE: Host machine information: OS Version=10.0.18362, Running architecture=amd64, Number of processors=8

Info DISM.EXE: Dism.exe version: 10.0.18362.900

Info DISM.EXE: Executing command line: DISM /Mount-Wim /WimFile:J:\Images\amd64\L14_win10v1909exp_v1.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\mount10 /LogLevel:4

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - CDISMProviderStore::GetProviderCollection

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Getting the collection of providers from a local provider store type. - CDISMProviderStore::GetProviderCollection

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - CDISMProviderStore::GetProviderCollection

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has not previously been encountered. Attempting to initialize the provider. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Loading Provider from location C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\FolderProvider.dll - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Connecting to the provider located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\FolderProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_LoadProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has not previously been encountered. Attempting to initialize the provider. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Loading Provider from location C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\SiloedPackageProvider.dll - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Warning DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Failed to load the provider: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\SiloedPackageProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProviderhr:0x8007007e

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has not previously been encountered. Attempting to initialize the provider. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Loading Provider from location C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\FfuProvider.dll - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Connecting to the provider located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\FfuProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_LoadProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has not previously been encountered. Attempting to initialize the provider. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Loading Provider from location C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\WimProvider.dll - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Connecting to the provider located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\WimProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_LoadProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has not previously been encountered. Attempting to initialize the provider. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Loading Provider from location C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\VHDProvider.dll - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Connecting to the provider located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\VHDProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_LoadProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has not previously been encountered. Attempting to initialize the provider. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Loading Provider from location C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\ImagingProvider.dll - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Connecting to the provider located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\ImagingProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_LoadProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has not previously been encountered. Attempting to initialize the provider. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Loading Provider from location C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\MetaDeployProvider.dll - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Warning DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Failed to load the provider: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Dism\MetaDeployProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProviderhr:0x8007007e

Info DISM.EXE: Got the collection of providers. Now enumerating them to build the command table.

Info DISM.EXE: Attempting to add the commands from provider: DISM Log Provider

Info DISM.EXE: DISM Log Provider does not support command lines.

Info DISM.EXE: Attempting to add the commands from provider: FolderManager

Info DISM.EXE: FolderManager does not support command lines.

Info DISM.EXE: Attempting to add the commands from provider: FfuManager

Info DISM.EXE: Succesfully registered commands for the provider: FfuManager.

Info DISM.EXE: Attempting to add the commands from provider: WimManager

Info DISM.EXE: Succesfully registered commands for the provider: WimManager.

Info DISM.EXE: Attempting to add the commands from provider: VHDManager

Info DISM.EXE: VHDManager does not support command lines.

Info DISM.EXE: Attempting to add the commands from provider: GenericImagingManager

Info DISM.EXE: Succesfully registered commands for the provider: GenericImagingManager.

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Getting Provider WimManager - CDISMProviderStore::GetProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Provider has previously been initialized. Returning the existing instance. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider

Error DISM WIM Provider: PID=5948 TID=1744 "Failed to mount the image." - CWimImageInfo::Mounthr:0x80070003

Error DISM WIM Provider: PID=5948 TID=1744 onecore\base\ntsetup\opktools\dism\providers\wimprovider\dll\wimmanager.cpp:2590 - CWimManager::InternalOpMounthr:0x80070003

Error DISM WIM Provider: PID=5948 TID=1744 onecore\base\ntsetup\opktools\dism\providers\wimprovider\dll\wimmanager.cpp:3914 - CWimManager::InternalCmdMounthr:0x80070003

Error DISM WIM Provider: PID=5948 TID=1744 "Error executing command" - CWimManager::InternalExecuteCmdhr:0x80070003

Error DISM WIM Provider: PID=5948 TID=1744 onecore\base\ntsetup\opktools\dism\providers\wimprovider\dll\wimmanager.cpp:2122 - CWimManager::ExecuteCmdLinehr:0x80070003

Info DISM.EXE: Image session has been closed. Reboot required=no.

Info DISM.EXE:

Info DISM.EXE: <----- Ending Dism.exe session ----->

Info DISM.EXE:

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Found the OSServices. Waiting to finalize it until all other providers are unloaded. - CDISMProviderStore::Final_OnDisconnect

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Encountered a loaded provider FolderManager. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Disconnecting Provider: FolderManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Encountered a loaded provider FfuManager. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Disconnecting Provider: FfuManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Encountered a loaded provider WimManager. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Disconnecting Provider: WimManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Encountered a loaded provider VHDManager. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Disconnecting Provider: VHDManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Encountered a loaded provider GenericImagingManager. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Disconnecting Provider: GenericImagingManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info DISM Provider Store: PID=5948 TID=1744 Releasing the local reference to DISMLogger. Stop logging. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

Info Provider store has been disconnected. Releasing COM pointers. - CDISMImageSession::Final_OnDisconnect


So the log file seems completely unhelpful.

:)

 

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DISM.exe [dism_options] {Imaging_command} [<Imaging_arguments>]

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/Mount-Image - Mounts an image from a WIM or VHD file.

/Remount-Image - Recovers an orphaned image mount directory.

/Cleanup-Mountpoints - Deletes resources associated with corrupted

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WIM COMMANDS:

/Apply-CustomDataImage - Dehydrates files contained in the custom data image.

/Capture-CustomImage - Captures customizations into a delta WIM file on a

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