Many a time it is seen that users while trying to repair various software issue in the computer, they normally run various commands.
- Dism Error 0x800f081f Windows 10
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- Dism Error 0x800f081f Source File Not Found
However, all attempts to install fail with: Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed. The source files could not be found. Use the 'Source' option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. If it does not find the source file, change install.wim above to install.ESD. The same is true when you run the Dism command with 'restorehealth'. These two errors are the most common causes for your issues.
- Just run the command: Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:D: sources sxs /LimitAccess. Where D: is the drive with Windows Server 2016 source files. The LimitAccess parameter prevents DISM from connecting to Windows Update servers to receive component binary files.
- Use the 'Source' option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.
The commonly used command for repairing the Windows System Image is the DISM command.
But many a time it is seen that while running the DISM command viz. Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth.
After pressing the enter button, people normally encounter an error in which code is 0x800f081f or the source files could not be found.
This error is one of the weirdest errors people encounter and I am here to let you know how you too can fix this issue by yourself.
So without further ado let’s begin.
How To Fix DISM The Source Files Could Not Be Found Error?
Method 1:- Download Window 10 ISO File
The first method which I would suggest to fix the issue is downloading the Windows 10 ISO File from the Microsoft official site.
It is quite easy and simple.
The only thing which you need to do is click on this link which will eventually open the Microsoft official site and accordingly you can download the download from there only.
I believe after running the DISM command, you wouldn’t be getting the issue anymore.
Method 2:- Run Component Clean Up Command
You can also run the component clean up command to fix the DISM the source files could not be found error.
Let me tell you, it’s very easy.
The only thing you need to do is,
1. Go to your search box which is situated in the top right corner of your computer screen and type Command Prompt.
2. After opening the command prompt window, right-click on it and click run as administrator.
3. After opening the command prompt admin window, type dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup.
4. After typing the component clean up command, press the enter button.
5. Restart your computer and try running the DISM command.
I hope you wouldn’t be getting the issue anymore.
Method 3:- Contact Microsoft
If you are still not able to fix the 0x800f081f error, I think you need to contact the microwave support team.
If you contact the Microsoft team personally, I believe they will eventually find solutions to your problem.
To visit the Microsoft support team page, click on this link to open the page and click on Get Started.
You can contact the team via a virtual assistant and else you can contact via call on this number 18001021100.
Moreover, you can also contact this Microsoft support page where you will find various articles and forums especially focusing on this issue.
Conclusion
So here’s comes to the end of this topic.
I believe after reading the entire article, you too can be able to fix the DISMthe source files could not be found error.
I strongly believe, out of the above three methods, one method will definitely help you to fix this issue.
Moreover, still, if you have any queries, I am very much ready to taking up questions.
I suggest you let me know in the comment section below.
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Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management (DISM) has been a very promising way to repair corrupted system image. We’ve told you all about the magical DISM commands in following article:
However, we’ve seen some cases where even DISM commands fails to execute and thus you can’t repair your machine. Today, in this article, we’re going to talk about one such issue that we faced recently. While we executed DISM‘s restore health command (i.e. Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth), the following message appeared which aborted the operation as well.
Error: 0x800f081f; The source files could not be found.
This message clearly indicates that DISM is missing required source file(s) that can be provided with Windows installation disc. So here are the possible solutions that you can try to resolve this problem:
FIX : DISM Error 0x800f081f, The Source Files Could Not Be Found In Windows 10
FIX 1 – Clean Up Image Components
The first way to tackle this issue is to clean up image components. This can be done by running another DISM command. Here is what you need to do:
1. Open administrative Command Prompt.
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2. Type Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup and press Enter key.
Once you’re done with that, you can retry running Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth command.
FIX 2 – Using Windows ISO Disc Image
If you’ve Windows installation media such as ISO file with you, it can be used to resolve this problem very easily. You need to follow these simple steps:
1. Locate Windows OS ISO file using File Explorer and right click on it, select Mount. This will mount the disc image to your Windows with a temporary drive letter.
2. Next, type following commands one-by -one and press Enter key after each:
After executing these commands, you have to identify correct drive letter on which Windows ISO file is mounted. Then run this final command:
*Substitute X with correct system drive letter in your case.
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You’ve now redirected DISM to mounted Windows ISO file. Hence, you can now run DISM command i.e. Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and it should work.
Hope this helps! If the issue still persists, try reinstalling Windows 10 without affecting your machine.
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