[SOLVED] Windows 10 Package/Component Store totally corrupted, SFCFix crashes on Startup. Win 10 64x 19043.1348

[Jazk]

Hi, Thanks in advance for the help.

I've had an issue for a while now which prevents any large windows update package from completing. Windows Feature updates cannot install but Quality Updates will. That's why I'm still running 19043.1348.

Running SFC and DISM it looks like the hash comes back wrong for every package windows wants to update, and it concludes the package repository is corrupted. I'm not sure if that's the case or if its somehow hashing things incorrectly. I've tried running DISM offline using a different windows install but have run into the same issue. The error that keeps repeating is [HRESULT = 0x800f0900 - CBS_E_XML_PARSER_FAILURE]. I've tried every fix to this I've seen online, mostly restarting the Windows update components and re-registering some DLLs.

For a long time SFC wouldn't start at all, and DISM and SFCFix wouldn't make much progress. From the CBS Logs it seemed like SFC needed wrpint.dll which I downloaded from dllme.com and put in the Win32 folder. SFC now runs through (cannot fix the error though, see logs below) but SFCFix crashes immediately (see logs). Let me know if I should revert this or if there is a fix to SFCFix.

Hoping to get this fixed and get windows updated, obviously there's a security issue running an old version. Note that I have the Russian language pack installed which I know can complicate finding the correct packages, I'm happy to delete/uninstall this if there's a way to do that.

Thanks for your help, Please see logs below:

SFCFix:
SFCFix version 3.0.2.1 by niemiro.
Start time: 2022-06-25 10:30:38.194
Microsoft Windows 10 Build 19043 - amd64
Not using a script file.




SFCFix version 3.0.2.1 by niemiro has encountered an unhandled exception.
Currently storing 0 datablocks.
Finish time: 2022-06-25 10:30:41.747
----------------------EOF-----------------------

 

[Jazk]

Bump, still hoping to get help on this. Thanks.

 

[Maxstar]

Hi and welcome to Sysnative,

Step 1.
Warning: This fix was written specifically for this system. Do not run this fix on another system.

• Save any work you have open, and close all programs.
• Download the attachment SFCFix.zip and save it to your desktop.
• 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.
• Post the logfile (SFCFix.txt) as attachment in your next reply.

Step 2. Run the following DISM command and post the result. If it fails attach a new copy of the CBS log.

DISM /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

 

[Jazk]

Thank you very much Maxstar,

SFCFix.exe ran successfully, DISM failed at 60.4% with error 0x8000ffff. Logs below:

 

[Maxstar]

Hi,

Step 1.
Warning: This fix was written specifically for this system. Do not run this fix on another system.

• Save any work you have open, and close all programs.
• Download the attachment SFCFix.zip and save it to your desktop.
• 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.
• Post the logfile (SFCFix.txt) as attachment in your next reply.

Step 2. Run the following DISM command and post the result. If it fails attach a new copy of the CBS log.

DISM /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

 

[Jazk]

Thanks, new logs below. SFCFix completed and DISM failed the same way.

 

[Maxstar]

Here is the next fix.

Step 1.
Warning: This fix was written specifically for this system. Do not run this fix on another system.

• Save any work you have open, and close all programs.
• Download the attachment SFCFix.zip and save it to your desktop.
• 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.
• Post the logfile (SFCFix.txt) as attachment in your next reply.

Step 2. Run the following DISM command and post the result. If it fails attach a new copy of the CBS log.

DISM /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

Step 3. Upload your COMPONENTS hive.

• Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Config and locate the COMPONENTS file.
• Please copy this file to your desktop.
• Note: If you receive an error that this file is in-use, simply reboot your computer and try again.
• Right-click on this file on your desktop and select Send To > Compressed (zipped) folder. This will create a file named COMPONENTS.ZIP on your desktop.
• If the file is too large to upload here, upload the file to www.wetransfer.com and post the link in your next reply.

 

[Jazk]

Fantastic, everything seems to be working now. Windows was able to update and Dism and SFC both run fine. Thank you so much. I've attached the logs/components in case there's anything else you would recommend.

 

[Maxstar]

Hi,

You're welcome. Glad to hear the latest fix has solved the issues with DISM and Windows Update..
The COMPONENTS hive looks good, so if everything is up and running we can mark this thread as solved...