sfc.exe

Associated Error Codes

Below lists error codes and symbolic names found for this module.

Code	Found in	Description
0x40001000	78.11011	Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
0x40001001	1011	Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Resource Checker Version 6.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Scans the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. SFC [/SCANNOW] [/VERIFYONLY] [/SCANFILE=] [/VERIFYFILE=] [/OFFWINDIR= /OFFBOOTDIR= [/OFFLOGFILE=]] /SCANNOW Scans integrity of all protected system files and repairs files with problems when possible. /VERIFYONLY Scans integrity of all protected system files. No repair operation is performed. /SCANFILE Scans integrity of the referenced file, repairs file if problems are identified. Specify full path /VERIFYFILE Verifies the integrity of the file with full path . No repair operation is performed. /OFFBOOTDIR For offline repair, specify the location of the offline boot directory /OFFWINDIR For offline repair, specify the location of the offline windows directory /OFFLOGFILE For offline repair, optionally enable logging by specifying a log file path e.g. sfc /SCANNOW sfc /VERIFYFILE=c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll sfc /SCANFILE=d:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll /OFFBOOTDIR=d:\ /OFFWINDIR=d:\windows sfc /SCANFILE=d:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll /OFFBOOTDIR=d:\ /OFFWINDIR=d:\windows /OFFLOGFILE=c:\log.txt sfc /VERIFYONLY
0x40001002	78.11011	The system file repair changes will take effect after the next reboot.
0x40001003	78.11011	The maximum number of files have been queued for repair. A reboot is required to complete the repair of these files. To repair the remaining corrupted files run sfc again after your system reboots.
0x40001004	78.11011	The maximum number of files have been repaired. To repair the remaining corrupted files run sfc again.
0x40001005	78.11011	You must be an administrator running a console session in order to use the sfc utility.
0x40001006	78.11011	The specified action is unsupported.
0x40001007	78.11011	Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.
0x40001008	1011	Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.
0x40001009	1011	Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.
0x4000100a	78.11011	Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.
0x4000100b	1011	Windows Resource Protection found integrity violations. For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.
0x4000100c	78.11011	Windows Resource Protection did not recognize that file as a system file that can be verified or repaired. Check the file path and try again.
0x4000100d	78.11011	There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again.
0x4000100e	78.11011	Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.
0x4000100f	78.11011	The arguments passed to sfc are invalid. The offline windows directory specified points to the online system.
0x40001010	78.11011	The offline image has a different platform architecture than the running system. This is not supported for system repair.
0x40001011	78.11011	Beginning verification phase of system scan.
0x40001012	78.11011	Verification %1!u!% complete.
0x40001013	78.11011	Another servicing or repair operation is currently running. Wait for this to finish and run sfc again.
0x40001014	1011	Unable to set up log file. Continuing the operation anyway.
0x40001015	1011	Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations but cannot guarantee the integrity of the system because component metadata is corrupt. Please run "dism [/Online \| /Image] /cleanup-image /restorehealth" and try again.
0x40001001	7	Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Resource Checker Version 6.0 Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Scans the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. SFC [/SCANNOW] [/VERIFYONLY] [/SCANFILE=] [/VERIFYFILE=] [/OFFWINDIR= /OFFBOOTDIR=] /SCANNOW Scans integrity of all protected system files and repairs files with problems when possible. /VERIFYONLY Scans integrity of all protected system files. No repair operation is performed. /SCANFILE Scans integrity of the referenced file, repairs file if problems are identified. Specify full path /VERIFYFILE Verifies the integrity of the file with full path . No repair operation is performed. /OFFBOOTDIR For offline repair specify the location of the offline boot directory /OFFWINDIR For offline repair specify the location of the offline windows directory e.g. sfc /SCANNOW sfc /VERIFYFILE=c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll sfc /SCANFILE=d:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll /OFFBOOTDIR=d:\ /OFFWINDIR=d:\windows sfc /VERIFYONLY
0x40001008	7	Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
0x40001009	7	Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
0x4000100b	7	Windows Resource Protection found integrity violations. Details are included in the CBS.Log %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
0x40001001	8.1	Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Resource Checker Version 6.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Scans the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. SFC [/SCANNOW] [/VERIFYONLY] [/SCANFILE=] [/VERIFYFILE=] [/OFFWINDIR= /OFFBOOTDIR=] /SCANNOW Scans integrity of all protected system files and repairs files with problems when possible. /VERIFYONLY Scans integrity of all protected system files. No repair operation is performed. /SCANFILE Scans integrity of the referenced file, repairs file if problems are identified. Specify full path /VERIFYFILE Verifies the integrity of the file with full path . No repair operation is performed. /OFFBOOTDIR For offline repair specify the location of the offline boot directory /OFFWINDIR For offline repair specify the location of the offline windows directory e.g. sfc /SCANNOW sfc /VERIFYFILE=c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll sfc /SCANFILE=d:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll /OFFBOOTDIR=d:\ /OFFWINDIR=d:\windows sfc /VERIFYONLY
0x40001008	8.1	Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not supported in offline servicing scenarios.
0x40001009	8.1	Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not supported in offline servicing scenarios.
0x4000100b	8.1	Windows Resource Protection found integrity violations. Details are included in the CBS.Log %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not supported in offline servicing scenarios.
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