Windows 10: DISM Work Around For. The source files could not be found. Error: 0x800f081f

I completed a successful restore of my windows image with the most recent Windows 10 Iso from Microsoft. Because I did not want to have to do a in-place upgrade to fix the image so I tried a step in the process I never tried before and it worked for me first time.


I did try using just the install.wim file as the source at first that failed. The second option I tried was I made a folder on the c drive to use as a mount folder. I mounted the the install.wim file using the index number for my version of windows. And used the mount folder as the source for the restore operation.


DISM Usage Steps I Made as an Example.


PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\Win10_20H2_x64_en-gb\sources\install.wim /Index:6 /MountDir:C:\wmount

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool

Version: 10.0.19041.844

Mounting image

The operation completed successfully.


PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth /Source:C:\wmount\Windows

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool

Version: 10.0.19041.844

Image Version: 10.0.19042.906

The restore operation completed successfully.


PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

No component store corruption detected.

The operation completed successfully.

PS C:\Windows\system32> sfc /scannow

Beginning verification phase of system scan.

Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.


Did another rescan again.

PS C:\Windows\system32> sfc /scannow

Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

:)

 

Dism error: 0x800f081f

I used Dism "C:\>dism /image:c:\ /cleanup-image /restorehealth /scratchdir:c:\scratch" to repair a Win10 system in a PE environment, and received an error 0x800f081f, stating that "[t]he source files could not be found".

Any suggestions on what to do next?

Thanks in advance!

 

DISM "error 0x800f081f The source files could not be found" still a plague

This is a continuation of the post here:

[RESOLVED] DISM "error 0x800f081f The source files could not be found" even with correct ISO and path

which is not resolved for me.

I have this error and have tried to follow all the suggestions in the post. I first noticed the problem a few weeks ago and my Windows 10 installation had only automatically applied the Creators Update maybe 2 months ago.

Run DISM

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool

Version: 10.0.16299.15

Image Version: 10.0.16299.125

[===========================84.3%================ ]

Error: 0x800f081f

The source files could not be found.

Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see Configure a Windows Repair Source.

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

Downloaded the ISO and had exactly the same result.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:E:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /limitaccess

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool

Version: 10.0.16299.15

Image Version: 10.0.16299.125

[===========================84.4%================ ]

Error: 0x800f081f

The source files could not be found.

Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see Configure a Windows Repair Source.

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

In the dism.log file:

- 1 second after the process starts, this warning:

2018-04-27 09:27:24, Warning DISM DISM OS Provider: PID=4860 TID=7108 Unable to set the DLL search path to the servicing stack folder. C:\Windows may not point to a valid Windows folder. - CDISMOSServiceManager::Final_OnConnect

and

2018-04-27 09:27:28, Warning DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 CBS AddSource failed with HRESULT=0x80070002! - CDISMPackageManager::Internal_Finalize

2018-04-27 09:27:28, Info DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 CBS session options=0x20100! - CDISMPackageManager::Internal_Finalize
then

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Info DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=5772 Error in operation: source for package or file not found, ResolveSource() unsuccessful. (CBS HRESULT=0x800f081f) - CCbsConUIHandler::Error

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 Failed finalizing changes. - CDISMPackageManager::Internal_Finalize(hr:0x800f081f)

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 The source files could not be found; their location must be specified using the /source option to restore the feature. - GetCbsErrorMsg

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 Failed processing package changes with session option CbsSessionOptionRepairStoreCorruption - CDISMPackageManager::RestoreHealth(hr:0x800f081f)

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 The source files could not be found; their location must be specified using the /source option to restore the feature. - GetCbsErrorMsg

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 Failed to restore the image health. - CPackageManagerCLIHandler:rocessCmdLine_CleanupImage(hr:0x800f081f)

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 Failed while processing command cleanup-image. - CPackageManagerCLIHandler::ExecuteCmdLine(hr:0x800f081f)

2018-04-27 09:41:02, Info DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=4860 TID=7108 Further logs for online package and feature related operations can be found at %WINDIR%\logs\CBS\cbs.log - CPackageManagerCLIHandler::ExecuteCmdLine

I wasn't able to locate "Tech Bench ISO " to try that.

The history of this PC was:

- 2H 2015

- Clean install of windows 7 Pro from original HP media

- Apply all updates

- Free windows 10 Upgrade

- All windows updates applied in the interim, including "Anniversary Update"

- 1Q 2018 Creators Update applied automatically.

Can someone help provide this blockage to the Windows Update process?

Thanks

Steve

 

Error: 0x800f081f source files needed to restore feature after DISM check

Hello,

See if this fix helps you:

[FIX] DISM Error 0x800f081f, The Source Files Could Not Be Found

Hope this helps, Good luck!