Win 10 dism source files could not be found
21:23 23 May 2026

Trying to do a dsim restorehealth (already did a scanhealth and it said can be repaired). Got Error: 0x800f081f
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 https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.

So I downloaded the media creation file and ran it ... saved to flash drive. These are the files in my flashdrive.

iso image files

Then ran C:\>DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:E:\sources\install.esd and still got

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 https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.

Then followed the instructions at https://www.wintips.org/how-to-extract-install-esd-to-install-wim-windows-10-8/ to extract the install.esd file to install.wim file. Then ran dism again

C:\>DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:\install.wim

And still got the same error. Am I not entering the command correctly? How do I run dism using the image on the flash as a source?

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