Windows 10: Question about running system file checker

For Windows 8 and later, Microsoft recommends restoring image health before running system file checker.

The elevated command prompt syntax for restoring image health is: dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and the system file checker syntax is: sfc /scannow

My question is, is it necessary to run them both in the same powershell session? To put it another way, can you run the image restore health command, close powershell,and run sfc /scannow in another session?

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System got shutdown while running System File Checker

Hello Emily,

I realize the inconvenience you are facing. We will help you.

To assist you better, I suggest you to answer the below questions.

• What issue were you facing in Windows to run the system file checker?
• Did you get any error message while shutting down?
• For which application were you getting as "elements not found"?

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System File Checker

Hello,

Try these steps:

http://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2016/04/run-sys...

 

System File Checker

To make a long story short, when I contacted Microsoft a few days ago about a problem I’ve been having, one of the possible solutions they gave me was to use the System File Checker tool. When I asked Microsoft’s Virtual Agent about it, she came
back with “…To run it:

• Select Start Windows logo Start button, and in the search box, enter
  Command Prompt. Press and hold (or right-click) Command Prompt (Desktop app) from the search results and select
  Run as administrator.
• Enter DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth (note the spaces before each "/").
• Enter sfc /scannow (note the space between "sfc" and "/").”

After the steps, she provided a link to learn more about the tool (System file check (SFC) Scan and Repair System Files & DISM to fix things SFC cannot).
However, that did not help me much.

Regarding steps 2 and 3, do I have to press “enter” after “…Restorehealth,” or do I type “…Restorehealth sfc /scannow” AND THEN press “enter?”