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Many thanks as always to Susan Bradley for her patience, assistance, and support.

10-4 thanks…

My WMP is located on Apps under W. When I right-click it and choose More then File Location I can right-click the result and choose Properties, gives the actual .exe location which on my Win10 x64 is “%ProgramFiles(x86)%Windows Media Playerwmplayer.exe” /prefetch:1 .

Or I can right-click the WMP icon I have pinned to the Taskbar and get to the same information.

ok, its located in: %ProgramFiles(x86)%Windows Media Playerwmplayer.exe”

😀 …. i was a bit worried for awhile there with the way got started on sentence #2…. 😀

My PC runs W10x64-Pro bit WMP was not installed (although it was checked in the Features box.)
I noticed there are four wmplayer.exe files on W10x64; plus a setup.exe file.
Windows Search lists one file in the Wow64 Folder and another in the amd64 Folder, with one in the Program Files (86) main folder.
I used W8.1×64 prior to W10. I paid no attention to which WMP loaded when needed; I assume it was the 32bit version based on what I read today.

I am wondering which wmplayer.exe file to use with my W10x64-OS?
I will be installing Audacity some time, and I could use it as a player; or use VLC as recommended above. I’ like to have WMP installed as a back-up, but not if I have to do things to the registry, or wrestle with the issues that come with using the 64bit version of WMP ….??

FYI. djohnson explained the /source flag with DISM for me and I finally could point my use of DISM to /Source correctly.
Also, thanks for the support of other posters…..

i no longer have the DISM problem of DISM not finding the source files to repair corruption.
Berton: 10.4
Sudo15: see Berton’s reply and look at C: in W10 File Explorer

-pm aka skinnywomen

addendum 10:25am :
looks like i was posted this reply before the website downloaded reply posts from several users. (ex – djohnson and Berton, et.al).

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FYI – To WAVY
I do not know where ‘my’ source file is…?

I have used the following locations as ‘source files’. I have tried to point DISM to an .ISO file stored on C:; to an .ISO-2- DVD install disk on a DVD burner/player; and to a USB drive with a W10 setup.exe files. All the above are children of the .ISO (or the USB) I downloaded from MS using the Medial Creation Tool. Some help from the Mr.Johnson would be appreciated…

If you downloaded from MG’s, you didn’t get the bad stuff – follow these instructions from Chas’ post and you’ll be fine.

Like jwoods above, I’ve also downloaded it to test (again).

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Follow the advice given by this fellow and so many others……
Download the Windows Repair software – not something else !!!
See: http://www.tweaking.com Tweaking.com – Windows Repair v3.7.0 Released – Download at:

http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html v.3.7.0
follow the instructions carefully and ** with patience.

** Thanks to djohnson and BruceR for the discussion…

…. I hope you both will be around to further the discussion.

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12.07.15

I am a bit confused…..

After playing with my .iso as a Source of files, I decided to try my C:ESD folder instead. Judging by dates of files only, I guessed the files where 10586. I also finally found the “Install.esd” file in the ESDWindowsSources folder and did the following:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:ESD:C:ESDWindowsSourcesInstall.esd:1 /LimitAccess.
the command did not work (source files not found) so I changed the text and I ran it like this:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:ESD:C:WindowsSourcesInstall.esd:1 /LimitAccess.
the command did not work (source files not found) so I corrected the text to mirror the suggestion provided above. I ran this:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:ESD:C:SourcesInstall.esd:1 /LimitAccess
unfortunately, I got the same error message; “Source files not found”.

I think I am following directions but I obviously must be missing something ….
Can either one of you gentlemen help me out?
I would really like to get the command to work to repair corruption found by running DISM /… /Scan Health and /Check Health

thank you

I have still not been offered the 1511 update on my PC (have had it on my laptop). I updated to Windows 10 when it 1st came out. The last Windows update I have received, apart from Defender definitions, was on the 10th November. Can anyone offer any suggestions.

Thanks

Alan

go here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

PBUG56

GOOD ADVICE in Post #9 above….

With so many changes now made to your pc it is going insane. The repair program suggested in POST 9 is very good. Be *sure to go slow and *follow all the directions; you now need to un-scramble a small ball of thread.

no, you are not dense this morning.

why am i doing this? i assume you mean struggling with DISM.exe.
the image i am trying to fix is Windows Pro 10×64 build. I erred in my OP because the build is not 10586 but something earlier.

i was trying to fix some corrupted files identified by running DISM /online/cleaup-image/ScanHealth and also CheckHealth on a W10 install.
The corruption was identified as “repairable”. But, when I ran DISM /online../RestoreHealth. I got an error message that Windows could not identify a location for W10 source files needed to repair the installation. I used RestoreHealth before on W8 and W8.1 and never received the error message. Since I never had to use the /Source flag with DISM before i asked for some help.

No, the operating systems on my PC have not been subject to frequent corruption.

I did abandon my DISM attempts as I did not understand the DISM /Source flag use.
I decided to install build 10586 via MS Media Creator downloading to a USB drive.
Now I am having trouble with that; the new installation process does not complete with the error: :Modern Setup Host has failed”…
It is time for me to walk away from it for awhile and try again later.

I may be particularly dense this morning, but for what reason are you doing this? What image are you trying to fix and why is it subject to frequent corruption?

> reply to jwoods, et.al.

thank you for the tenforums link.
regarding my little project, it occurred to me to take my own advice and simply upgrade my W10 installed build 10240 with build 10586. there is no reason to spend time repairing corruption of 10240 when installing 10586 should effectively solve my problems; I hope!!

ps. you might consider turning on private messaging in your profile.
pm

djohnson

I read you First post:
1. The iso file is build 10586 and the W10 installed operating system is 10240. I downloaded 10586 from the MS Download site yesterday, Nov. 29.2015
2. I do not know *what the “install.wim” file is or *where to find it!
{When I mount the ISO in File Explorer, the contents of the ISO look like the install files for Windows 10. The mounted ISO includes a setup.exe file)
3.Lastly, your instruction in Post 1 to run the DISM code references the “Install.wim” file again. Please see item two above.

I read your Second post:
1. Do I need to mount and copy the ISO files to the ESD folder at CESD?
2. Will moving the ISO files to the C:ESD folder make DISM.exe pull “good” files from C:ESD as substitues for the corrupted files in the existing OS?

I read your Third post.
I am completely at a loss

** Thanks to djohnson and BruceR for the discussion…

I *have to digest the content of the discussion above between you-all before I can question or comment further….
There is a lot there for me to get a hold of…….

I hope you both will be around to further the discussion.

( An earlier post from me was mis-addressed to jwoods and intended for Steve1209)

jwoods
by the way, have you had good results with SFC-Fix ?

thank you