Couldn't specify source location error Powershell.

[Deleted member 1579859]

So my windows start menu stopped working, I eventually got it fixed by reinstalling Windows apps. But before this I tried another fix where I had to download some files to fix it. I used the bottom fix on the fourth fix here: http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/has-your-windows-10-start-menu-stopped-working-here-are-four-ways-to-fix-it-11364000314532

I don't need to fix the start menu anymore but what does "Couldn't specify source location" mean?

Did it download something or couldn't it find anything?

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Colif]

How did I know you were asking about DISM??

The source it is talking about is an ISO copy of windows 10 to get fresh new copies of the files it couldn't fix. See below:
Download a copy of the win 10 iso from Here - create ISO by telling it you want to make DVD - and then mount that ISO in file explorer (see Here) and then copy paste the below command into command prompt (admin)

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
Where "X" is the drive letter where the ISO is located. Simply change the "X" to the correct drive letter

It would only work if you have anniversary edition of win 10 as ISO matches it, and the ISO has to be same version as what you have installed.

if you run it, redo sfc /scannow afterwards and it will fix anything it couldn't.

DISM cleans the image that Reset and SFC would use.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

How did I know you were asking about DISM??

The source it is talking about is an ISO copy of windows 10 to get fresh new copies of the files it couldn't fix. See below:
Download a copy of the win 10 iso from Here - create ISO by telling it you want to make DVD - and then mount that ISO in file explorer (see Here) and then copy paste the below command into command prompt (admin)

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
Where "X" is the drive letter where the ISO is located. Simply change the "X" to the correct drive letter

It would only work if you have anniversary edition of win 10 as ISO matches it, and the ISO has to be same version as what you have installed.

if you run it, redo sfc /scannow afterwards and it will fix anything it couldn't.

DISM cleans the image that Reset and SFC would use.

Does that mean that it downloaded something even if it failed or that it didn't? Like, did anything happen at all?

 

[Colif]

it didn't do anything, it reported that it couldn't find the source so it didn't go any further. It's meant to use Windows Update as well but whatever it needed wasn't on there.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

it didn't do anything, it reported that it couldn't find the source so it didn't go any further. It's meant to use Windows Update as well but whatever it needed wasn't on there.

Weird, because it showed a progress bar. So it's all fine right?

 

[Colif]

you could run it again and see what happens. I haven't had it request files before before so not sure what it does when fixing files. So far my files been clean when ever I run it.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

you could run it again and see what happens. I haven't had it request files before before so not sure what it does when fixing files. So far my files been clean when ever I run it.

I'm talking about the progress bar on the download thing, not the scan.

 

[Colif]

i thought the download was associated with the scan.Is download over or still going?

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

i thought the download was associated with the scan.Is download over or still going?

It was the download that failed, it came with an error saying that it couldn't specify location error, and that I had to specify it or something like that. I just want to know if it downloaded anything, or if I broke something.

 

[Colif]

something like this?

Error: 0x800f0906

The source files could not be downloaded.
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.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

something like this?

Error: 0x800f0906

The source files could not be downloaded.
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.

Yeah.

 

[Colif]

To fix that, you follow the steps i set out in my original post. DISM will either download files from windows update or request another source which is the iso file i linked to above.

But before you do that, are you running the Anniversary update for Win 10? It was released last month and is a new version of win 10. If you are, then the dism command will work, but if you aren't, go here and click update now, and it will download the upgrade assistant that you can run to get latest version.

the update will fix dism if you don't have it yet

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

To fix that, you follow the steps i set out in my original post. DISM will either download files from windows update or request another source which is the iso file i linked to above.

But before you do that, are you running the Anniversary update for Win 10? It was released last month and is a new version of win 10. If you are, then the dism command will work, but if you aren't, go here and click update now, and it will download the upgrade assistant that you can run to get latest version.

the update will fix dism if you don't have it yet

Well, I had the problem of the start menu not working. But I fixed that after I tried to download the files that would fix it. I just want to know if it downloaded anything. Like if it broke something.

 

[Colif]

DISM is last part of win 10 likely to break anything, part of its job is to fix windows. If start menu is working, you should be fine now.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

DISM is last part of win 10 likely to break anything, part of its job is to fix windows. If start menu is working, you should be fine now.

So nothing was downloaded and nothing was broken even though the download failed?

 

[Colif]

i cannot tell. the only way to be sure is run the command i linked above. What i would do is use PC and if anything odd starts happening, run the command i linked

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

i cannot tell. the only way to be sure is run the command i linked above. What i would do is use PC and if anything odd starts happening, run the command i linked

Do you mean the scan?

 

[Colif]

Yes, the one where you download a copy of win 10 iso, mount it in file explorer and then run the command I typed below it.

Just enjoy PC and worry about it if something happens.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

Yes, the one where you download a copy of win 10 iso, mount it in file explorer and then run the command I typed below it.

Just enjoy PC and worry about it if something happens.

Well, I don't need to fix anything, I just wanted to know if the download thing did anything. Did it download anything, do I have anything to be worried about? Or is it fine?

 

[Colif]

all the download would have got would be windows files. The only place it looks in windows update so I would think you are fine regardless of whether it got anything or not.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

all the download would have got would be windows files. The only place it looks in windows update so I would think you are fine regardless of whether it got anything or not.

Well, that error happened so it wouldn't have got anything right?

 

[Colif]

DISM makes a log file when it does its action, it can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

this shows how to open it, I don't know if its a text file or not: http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/4-ways-to-open-dism-log-file-in-windows-10.html

copy it in here and we can work out what it did. You may have to add spoiler tags to put a long message in

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

DISM makes a log file when it does its action, it can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

this shows how to open it, I don't know if its a text file or not: http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/4-ways-to-open-dism-log-file-in-windows-10.html

copy it in here and we can work out what it did. You may have to add spoiler tags to put a long message in

The errors in the log around the time I did the download thing says that the source files couldn't be found and that their location need to be specified. Does the source files refer to the files that would've been replaced? Does that mean that it couldn't find the location so it didn't actually download anything?

 

[Colif]

DISM makes a log file when it does its action, it can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

this shows how to open it, I don't know if its a text file or not: http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/4-ways-to-open-dism-log-file-in-windows-10.html

copy it in here and we can work out what it did. You may have to add spoiler tags to put a long message in

The errors in the log around the time I did the download thing says that the source files couldn't be found and that their location need to be specified. Does the source files refer to the files that would've been replaced? Does that mean that it couldn't find the location so it didn't actually download anything?

Yes, that sounds like it didn't do anything. The download failed. whatever files it wanted to replace are still on your PC.

 

[Deleted member 1579859]

DISM makes a log file when it does its action, it can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

this shows how to open it, I don't know if its a text file or not: http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/4-ways-to-open-dism-log-file-in-windows-10.html

copy it in here and we can work out what it did. You may have to add spoiler tags to put a long message in

The errors in the log around the time I did the download thing says that the source files couldn't be found and that their location need to be specified. Does the source files refer to the files that would've been replaced? Does that mean that it couldn't find the location so it didn't actually download anything?

Yes, that sounds like it didn't do anything. The download failed. whatever files it wanted to replace are still on your PC.

But the files it wanted are Windows update files right?