Windows 10: I've tried SFC and CHKDSK and DISM and my downloads folder in Explorer still hangs and wont...

I have Windows 10. I have Windows 10. My Downloads folder in Explorer hangs and wont open. All other Explorer folders do open. I've tried SFC and CHKDSK and DISM and Downloads folder is still hanging. Do you have any alternate suggestions?I had this problem about a year ago and SFC and CHKDSK fixed the problem.

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Can't get SFC and DISM to work anymore on Win10

Ok, can someone help me out because this crap is starting to piss me off. There was once a time when you could simply run SFC and DISM to check Windows files integrity and if there were any problems found with the local files, Windows repaired it automatically. The reason why I want to run this is because I'm getting stupendously huge amount of errors and warnings in Event Viewer, but I don't want to run refresh because it'll mess up tons of apps.

Commands I used:
sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Fast forward few years and we now have glorious Windows 10. Trying to run the same tools, they find errors but stubbornly refuse to fix ANYTHING. What's the god damn point of it then?

Sfc finds issues but can't repair them and DISM constantly bitches how it can't find the source. All this used to work directly in Windows 7, but in Win 10, nothing. This was one of the best features to get OS back in good state and they go and ruin it. Because Microsoft!

I've checked this thread:
https://social.technet.microsoft.co...sfc-failed-to-repair?forum=win10itprohardware

Nothing worked. And they keep mentioning install.wim where my Windows image downloaded from Microsoft itself! only carries install.esd which I can't seem to use with anything.

I've also tried this tool:
https://dismgui.codeplex.com/releases/view/133331

Which again wants .wim file and refuses to work with esd.

 

How to get damn DISM to work?

I came across this exact same problem.

Start menu was borked and sfc could not fix it. I tried using the .iso from the download tool, but DISM would reject it.

I ended up having to re-install the OS.

 

How to get damn DISM to work?

Thx guys, I'll compress this data into a blog post. For all the so called guides I've read, not a single one mentioned it has to be WIM file (some listed even ESD which clearly doesn't work) or that certain ISO images don't work with DISM.

After I've done DISM thingie, SFC also managed to repair stuff. Which is what I've needed here.