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Roy Whitethread:
I ran the System File Check option of the Windows Repair program while booted to Windows 10 Pro 64 bit in Safe Mode with Networking. Corrupt files were found but System File Check could not repair them.

I then started Windows 10 normally and ran sfc /scannow. The results were exactly the same as those for the Windows Repair program.

I then ran SFCFix.exe (a Sysinternals program) but that said it was unable to locate the  source file. It gave a link to a Microsoft web page giving an explanation about the source file, but I could not understand it.

Can anyone tell me where to find the source file please. (I have an installation DVD for Windows 10).

Please advise.

Thanks and regards, Roy

 

Boggin:
I'll leave your main question to someone else, Roy - but I think it would be an idea to find which files it was unable to repair.

I'm not sure if this cmd will work in Win 10 but you can give it a go.

In a Commad Prompt (Admin) enter findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt
 and that should put an icon onto the desktop which when double clicked will open the CBS Log in Notepad, which can then be copied & pasted into the reply box.

After you have created the desktop icon, from the same cmd prompt, enter -

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

It could look as if it is hanging at 20% but give it time and it should complete and if it reports success then run another sfc /scannow to see if it still can't repair all files, but hopefully it should report no violations.

Roy Whitethread:
Boggin, thanks. I knew the command to get the sfc details in a text file on my desktop, and the file is attached. I don't think the unrepaired corruptions referred to are important, but perhaps you can confirm this for me.

I will await a reply from someone else about the source file.

Thanks and regards,
Roy

Boggin:
They all seem to relate to Edge which I think is still a work in progress, but I believe Edge is essential for Cortana although IE 11 and Google work equally well.

I don't know if after uninstalling those updates they would re-present, or whether you'd need to Google for them for direct reinstalls would fix the sfc errors - with Win 10 and Windows Updates being a new concept.

There is supposed to be a major update scheduled for about October but as to what that is going to fix is anyone's guess.

I'm not sure if those Package problems would prevent future updates from installing, but if the dism /restorehealth doesn't clear the sfc errors then you could consider rolling back and then upgrading again to Win 10.

I think that MS setting 29th July as the official release date had put them under undue pressure to get it right, but I think in doing so has produced a temperamental out of the box product for some.

EDIT - Just a thought, as the files are also corrupt in the Store - if you created the Win 10 bootable ISO to boot up with, perhaps an offboot sfc /scannow would provide an incorrupt source ?

Roy Whitethread:
Boggin, I assume that I could run the offboot sfc /scannow command by booting to Win 10, then opening the bootable ISO, and then running the command. Is that correct?

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