[SOLVED] Dism.exe shows corrupt Manifests-file

[Hedini]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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=
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Hi,

yup, this fixed the problem.

Thank you very much,
Chris

 

[PeterJ]

Great.
Happy holidays and best wishes.