Windows 10: Safety of Running DISM/SFC

Discus and support Safety of Running DISM/SFC in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hey,Recently, I was running DISM and SFC in the process of uninstalling and reinstalling a program. On the website, it said that it uses Windows Update... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by viking_minn, Dec 30, 2021.

  1. VIKING_MINN
    viking_minn Win User

    Safety of Running DISM/SFC


    Hey,Recently, I was running DISM and SFC in the process of uninstalling and reinstalling a program. On the website, it said that it uses Windows Update Client to gather the files necessary. Is it at all possible that I could get a virus from doing this? I believe it would require having an infected Windows Update Client, but I just want to be sure. Also, is there any way to check if the Windows Update Client is infected? Sorry if none of this really makes sense or are dumb questions.Thanks.

    :)
     
    viking_minn, Dec 30, 2021
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  2. REJZOR
    RejZoR Win User

    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.
     
    RejZoR, Dec 30, 2021
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  3. ONEMOAR
    OneMoar Win User
    How to get damn DISM to work?

    you need to run DISM first before running SFC
    SFC query's the local component stores to make repairs
    DISM is targeted for rebuilding the component stores and a offline image the 'live' section is still handled by SFC in some cases
    except on windows 8.1 and up because they changed it
    but only for certain files and only if x part of the store is corrupt
    so yea pretty confusing eh
     
    OneMoar, Dec 30, 2021
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  4. REJZOR
    RejZoR Win User

    Safety of Running DISM/SFC

    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.
     
    RejZoR, Dec 30, 2021
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