Run SFC Command in Windows 10  

Hello @mpw,
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mpw said:

I'm sorry this is too complicated. I ran a scf scan. It was good. I just can't find the results. I'll just skip it. Thank you anyway.

If you are talking about the SFC results, then type this into a Command Prompt and press Enter . . .

Code:

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\SFC_Details.log"

This will put a SFC_Details.log file on your Desktop, and then you can upload the file by following the below Tutorial . . .

> How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums.

I hope this helps.

Hello @mpw,

mpw said:

Somehow my desktop or something is not where it is supposed to be.

I don't need to up load it to the forum. I am not having a problem. Everything works fine. Just wanted to see it. And then found out I couldn't even if I needed to because the path to the scan result is a mystery.

If you have a Relocated Desktop, then change the %UserProfile% part of the Command to the actual path of the Relocated Desktop folder.

I hope this helps.

mpw said:

my Desktop is in This PC > Desktop.

No, it is not.

- In This PC, there is a shortcut to your Desktop that is made to look like a folder rather than the shortcut that it really is.
- This is one of MS's tricks to drive us all mad.
- If you use that shortcut you should then click in a blank area of the File explorer Address bar to see a true path to your Desktop. Don't just look at the Address bar, click in a blank area of it.

Your Desktop is, by default, in C:\Users\mpwid\Desktop unless you have 'relocated' it [or have allowed OneDrive to do so, as seems to be the case].
- In File explorer, judging from your earlier comments, you do not have a folder at C:\Users\mpwid\Desktop but you might like to double-check. If it does exist, what does it contain compared to the Desktop you see covering your screen when everything else is minimised/closed?
- In File explorer, you have a folder at C:\Users\mpwid\OneDrive\Desktop. What does it contain compared to the Desktop you see covering your screen when everything else is minimised/closed?

Given that the C:\Users\mpwid\OneDrive\Desktop path exists, I cannot see why your attempt to extract SFC results fails unless you are trying to write the results to a non-existent location [as I suspect you are doing]. Please check your syntax. I would expect to see

Only for command prompt:
findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"C:\Users\mpwid\OneDrive\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt"

or

Only for PowerShell:
(sls [SR] $env:windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log -s).Line >"C:\Users\mpwid\OneDrive\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt"



Denis

steve108 said:

@Brink
Hello Shawn ,
General question on sfc/dism order:

Would seem to me that if my objective is to get a clean "sfc /scannnow" output as quickly as possibly, that running dism with /checkhealth option first (took less than a second execution time on my PC), then only if /checkhealth found corruption - run dism with /restorehealth option would be the preferred way to go. Then finally run "sfc /scannnow".

Am I missing something with this reasoning?

Hello Steve,

You could run them in that order if wanted, but I would skip /checkhealth.

Usually, you would only need to run the /restorehealth if "sfc /scannow" could not repair due to component store corruption.