Back to Windows Vista and Server editions, a potential fix for repairing the corruption on a system that we casually use is the CheckSUR. CheckSUR is commonly defined under System Update and Readiness Tool (KB947821). In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the tool is renamed to Inbox Corruption Repair still the functionality remains same.
If you’re are not getting what I’m talking of, let me demonstrate you. Suppose, a package on your system becomes corrupted. In general cases, Windows Updates provides the patches to repair the package. All this is done silently and the end user didn’t even notice it. However, if we want to fix the corrupted package on the basis of our own knowledge, then we need to use the Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management (DISM) tool instead via Windows Powershell or Command Prompt.
Using DISM, you can easily recover an unserviceable Windows Image. Add to these, DISM is powerful way to meet out the issues not solved by System File Checker (commonly used as SFC /SCANNOW command). In this article, I’ll show you how to do Inbox Corruption Repair using DISM, so without wasting anymore time, lets go…
FIX : Repair Your Windows 8 Using DISM Commands
1. Press 
+ Q, type powershell, from results pick Windows PowerShell and right click over this result entry and select Run as administrator. In other words, you have to run Windows PowerShell as administrator, not as a user.
2. You can use following switches depending upon the requirements:
Command 1 :
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth : This switch option only checks to see if a component corruption marker is already present in the registry. It is just a quick way to see if corruption currently exists, and to inform you if there is corruption. It does not fix anything or create a log. This should be finished almost instantaneous.
Running Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth in Command Prompt will also do the same job.
Command 2 :
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -ScanHealth : This checks to see if a component corruption marker is already present in the registry. This is merely a way to see if corruption currently exists. This is could take almost 5 minutes to finish.
This operation can be executed using Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth command in Command Prompt.
Command 3 :
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth : This switch option checks for component store corruption, records the corruption to E:\WindowsLogs\CBS\CBS.log, and FIXES the image corruption using Windows Update. This should take around 10-15 minutes or more to finish depending on the level of corruption.
Executing command Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth will do the same job as above.
To repair an online image using some of your own sources instead of Windows Update, type:
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:testmountwindows /LimitAccess
If you do not specify a /Source for the repair files, the default location for Features on Demand is used. If you specify more than one /Source, the files are copied from the first location where they are found and the rest of the locations are ignored. You can use /LimitAccess to prevent the DISM tool from using Windows Update as a repair source or as a backup repair source for online images.
That’s it!
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Hi, nice article! Could I print the logs recieved form the CBS?
^^ Yep, but after taking ownership of log file :)
DISM always overrides SFC. By inspection, I found this.
Everything worked great until I ran Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth. I continue to receive the error code 0x800f0906. Now what can I do? I don’t know what all got on theis computer, but I am determined to fix this computer “myself.”
Thank you for your help.
^^ Try this: thewindowsclub.com/repair-corrupt-windows-image-error-0x800f0906
Unfortunately, fixing 0x800f0906 didn’t work.
Since I’m using two different computers, I’ll type out what I received.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:Windowssystem32>net stop wuauserv
The service name is invalid.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.
C:Windowssystem32>
C:Windowssystem32>cd %systemroot%SoftwareDistribution
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>ren Download Download.old
The system cannot find the file specified.
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>net start wuauserv
The service name is invalid.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>net stop bits
The service name is invalid.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>net start bits
The service name is invalid.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution>net stops cryptsvc
The Cryptographic Services service is stopping..
The Cryptographic Services service was stopped successfully.
So I tried inputting NET HELPMSG 2185 and received the message The service name is invalid.
Is there anything else I can try or should I give up the ghost and turn it in for help?
Thank you again for your time and knowledge! It’s appreciated!
^^ You can try to Refresh:
https://www.kapilarya.com/how-to-refresh-windows-8
THANK YOU!!!!! Success is mine.
bro i have a problem, i installed windows 8.1 pro, meanwhile i installed visual studio , later i uninstalled visual studio… then pc restarted, then windows 8.1 app are not opening, the apps shown like this AppexFinance,
microsoft.Windowslive.Mail, and all game apps shows”APP”;; i want solution bro… plz
^^ I’ve posted a fix on this, read it here: thewindowsclub.com/windows-store-app-shortcuts-broken
arya …
i did which u told to abk…
after rebooting the pc.. the apps were delected…
^^ You can create a new user account and all apps will back :)
I am getting the following error when attempting to run any of the commands above:
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PS C:UsersDaniel> Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
Repair-WindowsImage : The requested operation requires elevation.
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
Any ideas?
^^ You have to open Windows PowerShell as administrator not as user. I have re-updated step 1 for this, thanks for your inputs :)
I have a problem with windows update as it doesn’t work…after running powershell…it says my configuration registry datebase id corrupt….any fixing it?Cant receive any Microsoft updates…windows 8…runs defender is helpful?
I have a toshiba laptop with the new windows 8.1. Unfortunately I’ve got a load of viruses on it from a download and the only thing I can do is try to reset it to factory settings. As I don’t have the recovery disc (and would prefer to get it sorted without buying a new one).
If I follow the steps above, will it wipe my laptop? Also, will I need to reinstall windows 8 afterwards and will I need the recovery media to do this anyway?
Many thanks :)
^^ Nope, following the instructions made here will remove corruption from your system :) Hope you won’t need to go for reinstall.
@Glen, Refer the suggestions:
https://www.kapilarya.com/windows-updates-troubleshooting
I followed everything as it said here but at the last step i got this as a message… help?
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
Repair-WindowsImage : The source files could not be downloaded.
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 go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
^^ I’ve posted about it here, see if that helps: thewindowsclub.com/repair-corrupt-windows-image-error-0x800f0906
Hi everything else worked correctly but after I ran the Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth then it gives me the following message:
Repair-WindowsImage : Repair-WindowsImage Failed. Error Code = 0x80240021
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
+Categoryinfo : NotSpecified: [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
^^ See if running SFC /SCANNOW in administrative Command Prompt finds any integrity violations.
Okay so I just ran the scan and it says that it completed 100% and the following message was underneath it:
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some
of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not
supported in offline servicing scenarios.
^^ Seems like some program on your system is conflicting these operations, because the error code you received earlier indicates timeout operation. I suggest you uninstall all the third-party software on your system and boot it into Safe Mode. Then run this Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup command first and then try the third command mentioned in the article. Then re-run SFC /SCANNOW and this time it should fix your system.
Hello Kapil,
I used the info above to scan my computer, but when I entered the cmd as administrator, it is doing nothing but running. I entered Repair-WindowsImage -Online -ScanHealth
It has: Repair-WindowsImage
Running
[oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ]
^^ The command execution time depends upon the corruption of files on your system, so let it complete first. It should take around 10-15 minutes.
Hello Kapil,
Hi everything else worked correctly but after I ran the Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth then it gives me the following message:
Repair-WindowsImage : The restore operation failed. Either the repair source was not found or the component store cannot be repaired.
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairsWindowsImageCommand
^^ Most probably there exists no corruption on your system. You can also check this by SFC /SCANNOW command, you’ll recieve ‘there are no integrity voilatations’ message :)
Hey Kapil
I’ve been having problems for a few weeks now with my laptop constantly using near to or 100 percent or my disc I searched for a while with no success and this has given me I think weird results and i dont know how to fix it
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
Repair-WindowsImage : A system shutdown is in progress.
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
it says a shutdown is in progress?? it says that pretty much in all methods you suggested…help.
^^ Have you tried SFC? What it reported you back?
Yeah I tried it yesterday and it said everything was fine, im about to try see if it runs fine in safe mode, it wont let me refresh windows either…im stumped
^^ Since SFC reported that everything is fine, you’re good to go! See this if you can’t Refresh: https://www.kapilarya.com/there-was-a-problem-refreshing-your-pc
im using windows powershell, but its taking forever. i wanted to restart my pc or do something about it just because my camera isn’t working it wont let me restart it from settings. i dont have any cd to help me with this problem and this is taking forever to do. i cant wait forever on this because i want to get this down soon as possible. a few weeks ago or more my computer warned me about a trojan. i did a trojan scan, malware scan, and a virus scan. my pc has been acting up ever since i`ve started used it. i didnt get my computer brand new. it was a used computer. i got it restarted just because the computer was extremely slow and kept on freezing. its much better now but i still have trouble with it not responding, sometimes freezing, and being slow.
Windows Update Troubleshooter produced “Root Cause of RC_DataStore, ErrorCode 0x80070057. I tried running ScanHealth and RestoreHealth at both Command Prompt and PowerShell. Both just hung up and provided no results. In PowerShell only Command 1 worked. Received:
Operation
Running
[00000000000
Online : False
Image Health State : Repairable
Restart Needed : False
PS C:\Windows\system32>
Any suggestions on what to do next? I am NOT techie, so this is challenging! Thanks for any help you can offer.
^^ Command 1 says that your system doesn’t needs to have corruption repair. Second thing is that you can try is to update Windows Components:
https://www.kapilarya.com/windows-updates-troubleshooting
I have tried to Refresh my system but every time a message come out
saying that …There was a problem refreshing your pc .
And when i try to reset the system then there also a message comes saying that there was problem in resetting your pc
Please give a solution
I am using sony vaio and preinstalled windows 8 single language in it
^^ Here you go: https://www.kapilarya.com/there-was-a-problem-refreshing-your-pc
hi,
I am trying the command 2 but always my system show the progress but not complete the command.
^^ It would be running in background for sure. Please keep patience or directly run third command if you want to restore your system image. That command too may take some time to execute, so you’ve wait for while.
Hi,
How do I enable Windows Firewall when it gives me error code 2? I really need the service running so I can install a program.
^^ You can either try DISM commands mentioned here or use System File Checker to get fixed:
https://www.kapilarya.com/how-to-use-system-file-checker-to-repair-windows
Hi. Endless automatic repair, and I can go into bios(or whatever) by klicking F8, also there is am option in the right down side of the screen that I can choose f 12 or f2 (I think), but I don’t know what to do, what option should I choose, without destroying my files. Thanks in advance
^^ You can proceed as directed here and see if it helps:
https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-the-boot-configuration-data-file-is-missing-some-required-information
PS C:\windows\system32> Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
Repair-WindowsImage : The requested operation failed. A system reboot is required to roll back changes made.
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
‘
what should i do ? now
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Does this also work if I’m using windows 10? I had the error of mfc120u.dll is either not designed to run on windows or is corrupted
^^ Yep, it works on Windows 10. Try and see if it helps regarding the error you got. Else try this:
https://www.kapilarya.com/the-program-cant-start-because-mfc100u-dll-is-missing-from-your-computer
Kapil – on Win 8.1 Desktop and new Laptop RepairHealth failed on both with the same error code 0x800f0906. sfc on both indicated corruption on sysprep. Appreciate any suggestions!
Merwyn Bear
^^ Please let me know what error message you got with this code, so that I can help you further!
Hi Kapil, in advance thanks for this website.
When I try to use PowerShell, it isn’t work. One can read the next message “powershell has stopped working”.
So when I try to use Command Prompt and write this command “Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth”, the system said: ‘ Error: 87. The Cleanup-Image option is unknown.’
Then I try to run DISM.exe /? and I still don’t find this option.
Could you help me please?
^^ Please check the command again, it should have spaces in between!
Thanks for you quickly answer, I really appreciate it.
This is the complete message after I enter the command:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031
Image Version: 6.3.9600.17031
Error: 87
The Cleanup-Image option is unknown.
For more information, refer to the help by running DISM.exe /?.
The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
When I go to restore the files I am greeted by this jolly message:
Repair-WindowsImage : The restore operation failed. Either the repair source was not found or the component store
cannot be repaired.
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
Does anyone know what this means and what I can do to fix it
Hi Kapil. I am having an issue with my pc.
When i run your first test, it tells me my system is repairable.
The next process is taking way longer than 5 minutes tho, and i have not yet been able to complete it.
SFC also gets stuck on 100%.
I don’t know what to do from here, thanks
^^ Go ahead with DISM commands :)
Ok, I tried each task ending with the “repairs windows image task”…..Here is the outcome and it doesn’t look promising, so can you please tell me what to do next. Thank you :)
Repair-WindowsImage : The restore operation failed. Either the repair source was not found or the component store cannot be repaired.
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
I just want to clarify the above message I sent was given in Administrator: Powershell
I am assuming I still have corrupted files (or whatever) because when I ran some things in Command Prompt: Administrator, I got this:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /SCANNOW
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some
of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not
supported in offline servicing scenarios.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
The above is what brought me to powershell and now powershell is saying that it could not find them or fix them, what do I do?
after the command 2 it says in red
‘ensure that the path to the temporary folder exists and that you have Read/Write permissions on the folder.’
What do i do?
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
Path :
Online : False
Image Health State : Repairable
Restart Needed : False
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
Repair-WindowsImage : Repair-WindowsImage failed. Error code = 0x80240021
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> vvc gcgg
Nuw what, if u please
fri 20 jan 2016
^^ Please try running SFC /SCANNOW once and see if it makes differences in situation.
Thank you Arya, you really saved my day: this solution definitely works, only the times are longer, and I found pointless investigating with check nor scan, but went stright to recover, which took some 3-4 hours, but win 8.1 is back to business afterwards!
^^ Glad it finally worked for you 😊
hello mr kapil can u please help me how to fix or back my windows app cache its said in troblleshoting damge….how can i repair it…then when i open my apps in apps store it said i need another apps to perform that…can u pls help me..thanks
^^ Please check the fix here: https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-store-cache-may-be-damaged-in-windows-10
Hi kapil! I m having some problem with pc. Whenever i switch it on it takes me to a black screen with system32 cmd prompt. I found a way to get back to my computer by running explorer.exe but on restarting it again shows the same black screen and cmd prompt. Any solutions??
^^ Please update your display drivers, see if it helps.
Hi kapil! I did update my display drivers but that didn’t help. Any other solution?
The system32 cmd prompt still shows whenever i turn on the pc and i have to write explorer.exe to get to my homescreen.
Hi Kapil I just reset my windows 10 and am trying to run a software which keeps saying I am missing mfc120u.dll.
I have followed the above instructions and even the microsoft C+++ visuals 2013
Still no fix plss help :(
^^ Please perform repair upgrade: https://www.kapilarya.com/how-to-repair-windows-10-using-in-place-upgrade
The request could not be performed because of an I/0 device error. At line:1 char:1
I received this message after doing the Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth.
I dont know what i means but I think its an error, pls helpp
please help kapil whenever i try to update my windows 10 updates downloaded already but whenever i install it gives install error code 0x80070643 i tried lots of method but didnt work plsssss help me
^^ Try to repair update components, see if that helps: https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-update-components-must-be-repaired-in-windows-10.
hii kapil thanks for giving me suggestion but it already showed me that your windows components are fixed in troubleshooter and it shows an error potential database detected not fixed in windows 10 troubleshooter plssss help
^^ Refer: https://www.kapilarya.com/potential-windows-update-database-error-in-windows-10.
Hello, Kapil
I am receiving this error on my machine, There were some problems installing updates, but we’ll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x8024401c). I have tried both the SFC and DISM commands they both complete successfully but this error persists. This is on a WSUS server if that makes a difference.
^^ Please refer: https://www.kapilarya.com/there-were-some-problems-installing-windows-updates-but-well-try-again-later.
My Windows 10 says it doesn’t recognise “Repair”.
The best fix it info delivered in detail that I have found, is right here sir.
Thank you for all you do.
You are now my go to.
^^ Glad it helped!