[SOLVED] Dism.exe shows corrupt Manifests-file

Hedini · Dec 29, 2021

Hello,

I am repairing my father-in-law's PC right now and it seems as if a couple of Manifest-files somehow got overwritten with NUL-values.
Since I had another PC at hand, I was able to restore 15/17 files, but the last two files weren't located on the second PC...

...unnecessary to say that neither SFC.exe, nor DISM.exe nor Windows Update could find/replace/repair those files... :-(

...maybe someone can help me out with this?

The two files are:
WinSxS\Manifests\amd64_47ed966b2c72e0f7bd0883eb9b9ee528_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_7a938b305e6f080f.manifest
WinSxS\Manifests\wow64_system.drawing_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_0c32d0c3584eb15c.manifest

Kind regards,
Chris

P.S.: Just deleting those two manifest files (as they weren't on the 2nd PC) helped with the wow64-file, but dism.exe insists on the amd64 one to be present.

PeterJ · Dec 29, 2021

Hello and welcome,

Copy the file C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log to your desktop.
Zip the copied file and attach the zipped cbs.log to your next reply.

Hedini · Dec 29, 2021

Attached are my logfiles of the following two commands:
sfc.exe /scannow
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

In the third attached ZIP-file are the two damaged files.

I don't know why, but the manifest-files have the same size as their working versions, but they consist solely of nul-values.
...strangely the wow64_system.drawing_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_0c32d0c3584eb15c.manifest isn't being listed in the logfile anymore (it has been before this afternoon). Nevertheless it still contains just junk.

PeterJ · Dec 29, 2021

Follow the instructions below please.

Step 1:
WARNING! The following fix is specific to the user's system in this thread only. No one else should follow these instructions, as it could damage your system.

Download

SFCFix and move the executable to your desktop.
Download the attachment SFCFix.zip and save it on your desktop.
Save any work you have open, and close all programs.
Drag the SFCFix.zip file over the SFCFix.exe executable and release it.
SFCFix will launch, let it complete.
Once done, a file will appear on your desktop, called SFCFix.txt.
Open the file, then copy and paste its content in your next reply.

Step 2:
Did that fix the issue ?

Hedini · Dec 29, 2021

SFCFix version 3.0.2.1 by niemiro.
Start time: 2021-12-30 01:20:55.742
Microsoft Windows 10 Build 19042 - amd64
Using .zip script file at C:\Users\zimme\OneDrive\Desktop\SFCFix.zip [0]

PowerCopy::
Successfully took permissions for file or folder C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\amd64_47ed966b2c72e0f7bd0883eb9b9ee528_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_7a938b305e6f080f.manifest
Successfully took permissions for file or folder C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\wow64_system.drawing_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_0c32d0c3584eb15c.manifest

Successfully copied file C:\Users\zimme\AppData\Local\niemiro\Archive\amd64_47ed966b2c72e0f7bd0883eb9b9ee528_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_7a938b305e6f080f.manifest to C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\amd64_47ed966b2c72e0f7bd0883eb9b9ee528_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_7a938b305e6f080f.manifest.
Successfully copied file C:\Users\zimme\AppData\Local\niemiro\Archive\wow64_system.drawing_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_0c32d0c3584eb15c.manifest to C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\wow64_system.drawing_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_0c32d0c3584eb15c.manifest.

Successfully restored ownership for C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\amd64_47ed966b2c72e0f7bd0883eb9b9ee528_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_7a938b305e6f080f.manifest
Successfully restored permissions on C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\amd64_47ed966b2c72e0f7bd0883eb9b9ee528_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_7a938b305e6f080f.manifest
Successfully restored ownership for C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\wow64_system.drawing_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_0c32d0c3584eb15c.manifest
Successfully restored permissions on C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\Manifests\wow64_system.drawing_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.15805.360_none_0c32d0c3584eb15c.manifest
PowerCopy:: directive completed successfully.

Successfully processed all directives.

Failed to generate a complete zip file. Upload aborted.

SFCFix version 3.0.2.1 by niemiro has completed.
Currently storing 2 datablocks.
Finish time: 2021-12-30 01:22:58.187
Script hash: MY7vmOpjVXlwBW+37g08jnHKkV6I7JfhLKde7pNdW4o=
----------------------EOF-----------------------

Hi,

yup, this fixed the problem.

Thank you very much,
Chris

PeterJ · Dec 29, 2021

Great.
Happy holidays and best wishes.

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[SOLVED] Dism.exe shows corrupt Manifests-file

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