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Yesterday my SFC /Scannow command, run from Powershell Admin found corrupt files it was unable to fix. I expected The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth command to take care of it. Instead it reported "error 0x800f0906" and said it lacked the files to repair the problem.
I looked up error 0x800f0906 in a Dism command. It suggested a repair that started and stopped services, a
net stop wuauserv
cd %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution
ren Download Download.old
net start wuauserv
net stop bits
net start bits
net stop cryptsvc
cd %systemroot%\system32
ren catroot2 catroot2old
net start cryptsvc
It also suggested Windows Update was malfunctioning and that I should fix it from The Troubleshooting screen. I did, and SFC /Scannow came up clean and Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth reported error code 0x800f081f instead.
I then used The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup and The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase Commands. I then used The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth Command and it reported "No component store corruption detected." I thought I was in the clear, but Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth keeps reporting it found and repaired files and The Troubleshooter keeps reporting it's fixed problems in Windows Update. Probably not the biggest deal in the Windows world but a little unsettling.
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Powershell Screen only opens up for a split second.
Is there a Taskbar button for it still after that? If so, it may only be off screen somewhere, waiting to be moved back into view, e.g. with Alt-Space M CursorRight. FWIW I always have to do this with my Surface RT.
Please run a system file check (SFC) & DISM (if necessary) if you are on win 8 or higher
All instructions are in our Wiki article below...
Should you have any questions please ask us.
I was installing some programs in Safe Mode. When I returned to normal mode, Powershell had a short message I couldn't read as The Powershell Screen only opens up for a split second. It continues to do so.
Microsoft Fix-it and Windows 8.1 Troubleshooter keep fixing different errors. Is there much point to using them several times?
It's fixed a variety of Windows Update problems. It's also fixed error 0x800700572015-06-05-T08_09-30A) as well as variant T-09 41 56A and variant -44-37A on that.
