sfc /scannow can't fix corrupted files.

Did you reboot between operations?

swegmike said:

yes, after sfc. However, upon reboot and rerunning sfc it says it found corrupt files. I can't reset the pc, since the laptop was created from an original mediacreation tool setup and doesn't have a reset partition nor do I want to start from scratch. It's taken about a month to get all the apps installed and setup.

If SFC finds errors it can't fix... you need to run this command from an elevated command prompt...

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

swegmike said:

Thats been run multi times followed by sfc /scannow and it doesn't correct it.

An Inplace Upgrade is probably your best choice then.

@zbook - See the attachment for the results from the batch file. Note: I have two dell 7347 laptops, the first has win10Home that passes sfc and the second with win10Pro that doesn't. Both are up to date on the Jan 2024 patches and both have installed the problematic KB # update too. The pro version does have sql server 2022, viz studio 2022, powerbi installed whereas the win10Home doesn't. Other than that, they both have office, antivir software the typical browsers too.

One of things I checked on was the ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Up properties which was one of the duplicate owner errors. It shows there is an unknown Account assigned to this directory name. S-1-5-21-136909624-2393291316-3396339295-1000. Is there a way to find out which program or user uses this unknown Account?

The report displayed recurrent fixes.


A trial and error step is an in place upgrade repair to see if it can fix the reports of recurrent fixes:

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

Code:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.

Code:

Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmclient.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:19:42, Info                  CSI    000002a1 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmscan.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:19:42, Info                  CSI    000002a3 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmshell.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:19:42, Info                  CSI    000002a5 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\adrclient.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:19:42, Info                  CSI    000002a7 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmstormod.dll from store

Code:

2024-01-14 19:36:25, Info                  CSI    0000054e [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmclient.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:36:25, Info                  CSI    00000550 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmscan.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:36:25, Info                  CSI    00000552 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmshell.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:36:25, Info                  CSI    00000554 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\adrclient.dll from store
2024-01-14 19:36:25, Info                  CSI    00000556 [SR] Repairing file \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\\srmstormod.dll from store

RestoreHealth

Code:

The restore operation completed successfully.

The operation completed successfully.

These are tutorials /commands on user profiles:

wmic useraccount get domain,name,sid

Fix User Profile Service Failed the Sign-in Error in Windows 10

Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10

Hide or Show User Profile Personal Folders in Windows 10 File Explorer

Hearsepilot said:

An Inplace Upgrade is probably your best choice then.

@swegmike - This is the correct solution. If that fails to fix problems, you may need to consider reinstalling.

Very Important - make sure you have backed up any critical data before doing a repair upgrade. Preferably make an image backup as well.

Of course, you could just do nothing if you are not experiencing any issues.