DISM cant find the source when using the /Online switch

Question

I have been trying to use the DISM Restore Health option after a windows update today, but it is failing every time. i even tried using the /StartComponentCleanup which completes successfully but retrying /RestoreHealth again yields the same fail error.

Also when the progress comes to 62.3% it gets stuck there for about 5 minutes and the entire system starts to stutter for that duration, then the progress jumps to 100% with the source error.

Windows 11 Build: 24H2 Insider Preview 26120.2992

Update: Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Insider Preview (10.0.26120.2992) (KB5050083)

Error: Gets stuck at 62.3% with the entire system stuttering even mouse pointer drops frames while moving.

Dism Log:

Answer 1

Try https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/dism-restore-health-stuck-at-623/ded69db0-2622-4c1c-8da6-cfd12425ce2e

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hth

Marcin

Answer 2

Hi Funky,

Please open cmd as administrator and run Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup.

Then try the Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth command again.

You can also try specifying the location of the source files using the /Source option. For example:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:<path_to_source> /LimitAccess

This command specifies the path to the source files that can be used for the repair. Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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