DifxFrontend Failed pops up on start.

[NFL_Maniac]

Hello,

Everytime I turn on my computer, a window flashes and then another windows pops up asking me what I want to open it with. It lists options to open it with Internet Explorer, Word, NotePad, etc. When I open it, It says:

2016:04:24 10:07:24:137 Could not recognize operation: O!
2016:04:24 10:07:24:137 DifxFrontend failed!

What is listed above is what it said on May 9th (today) at 3:30pm. I have a couple of questions with this and I am not finding much of anything with some google searches. I am using Windows 10 if that helps. So my questions are:

1) What is DifxFrontend?
2) Why did it fail?
3) Do I need DifxFrontend?
4) Why are the time and date different that what is on the bottom right of my computer?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

James Pechacek

 

[Colif]

Good question...

1, It seems to be tied into this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/kb/2795828

2. It would appear to be looking for a server of some kind and it failed cause it can't find it

3, is that a work pc or a home one?

4. I don't know.

The only other reference i found to this was a reddit question about the same thing. He thought it was likely to be a driver installer package, perhaps from the store.

You can try running these two commands and see if they help: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_10-update/system-file-check-sfc-scan-and-repair-system-files/bc609315-da1f-4775-812c-695b60477a93

 

[NFL_Maniac]

I read the first link and I don't know what it is saying. What is a lync server? I also ran those command prompts and got this after I ran the "scannow" prompt.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some
of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For
example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not
supported in offline servicing scenarios.

What does this mean? Do I need to follow the "C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log." and do something with it? There is so many more questions.

And my computer is a home computer.

 

[Colif]

could be this app: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/store/apps/lync/9wzdncrfhvhm
also seems to be tied into Skype somehow, its a Microsoft product, just not sure what it does.

it seems it is Skype for business now: https://products.office.com/en-au/skype-for-business/online-meetings

Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Office Communicator and Microsoft Lync

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_for_Business

So uninstall it if you have it, problem solved.

did you try the second command?

in a command prompt with admin rights, type: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
then once it finished, run SFC /scannow again.

 

[NFL_Maniac]

I have regular Skype. should I uninstall that? I did do the second command and what I put above is what it said when it was completed. I'll run the prompt you gave me and report back when it is done.

 

[NFL_Maniac]

I put in the command prompt you gave me and it came out with :

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

The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

I'm going to run the scannow prompt again anyways.

 

[NFL_Maniac]

That still says There are corrupt files it is unable to fix. I found this site and i'm going to try what the guy says.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-update/system-file-checker-windows-resource-protection/043eb51a-c950-4b40-afd2-81dcfaa98838?auth=1

 

[Colif]

DIFx = Driver Install Framework - InstallShield uses DIFx to install drivers and added a Device Driver Wizard to InstallShield X and later versions of InstallShield.

its the tools that let drivers install on pc. It seems this is tied to your image being corrupt. That dism message is asking for a fresh source of files so it can fix your install.

As for DISM message

If you get the error message "cannot find source files"you need to have an ISO file mounted and need to specify where it is located with the below command
The ISO must be exactly the same version as the running OS. An ISO of 10586.0 will not repair a running system of 10586.35 because it has additional updates and files.

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

to get the ISO, download it from here: Windows Media Creation tool

how to mount an ISO: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3579-iso-img-file-mount-unmount-windows-10-a.html

 

[NFL_Maniac]

So this is about disk images? Would that be from a cd drive? Because I do not have a cd drive installed on this pc.

 

[Colif]

An image is essentially a back up file, The Windows Image contains all the files necessary for Windows to be installed and run on a pc. It is what is used to install Windows. That image resides on the C drive and is the main reason Windows 10 is able to fully reset itself without a Installation disc.

DISM = Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) is a command-line tool that can be used to service a Windows® image or to prepare a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) image. DISM can be used to service a Windows image (.wim).

DISM uses the image to repair Windows, but sometimes it needs to get fresh files from a mounted ISO as the local image is corrupt. As it is asking now.

 

[Colif]

The windows 10 installer is a 3.2gb image of Windows, which when installed balloons out to be about 28gb

All you need to do is download the media creation tool, create an ISO file and mount that file. then run the DISM command and then SFC /scannow again and hopefully it will stop that error message at start up.

the only alternative if it fails is a fresh install, as the reset command would try to use your broken image, and it may not work real well. So lets hope the DISM command works out for you.

Sorry I got side tracked with Skype, i looked error up on Google and followed the lead of the other person who got your error, he was sort of right...

 

[NFL_Maniac]

So I did what you told me. I installed the ISO files and did those 2 command prompts and they both came back good and looked like nothing was wrong. I restarted my pc just to make sure and the same window popped up and it opens the same thing in word.

2016:04:24 10:07:24:137 Could not recognize operation: O!
2016:04:24 10:07:24:137 DifxFrontend failed!

It is still opening this on start up. Now i'm just stumped. Is it because I have Win10 pro?

 

[Colif]

You not only one...

follow the instructions here: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5470-driver-verifier-enable-disable-windows-10-a.html

don't try to run games with this on, and

It is not advised to run Driver Verifier for more than 48 hours at a time. Disable Driver Verifier after 48 hours or after receiving a BSOD, whichever happens soonest.

Always create a Restore Point prior to enabling Driver Verifier.

I am assuming its a windows driver but it may not be, so when you get to step 4 of part 2, ignore their suggestion to ignore Microsoft drivers.

There is nothing on this on web so if that doesn't give us a clue, I am not sure what to do next.

You may want to ask Microsoft directly

try running a program like driver booster, it may be an old driver playing up.

 

[NFL_Maniac]

It didn't help. It still pops up. I'm going to have to get in touch with Microsoft to figure out what is going on. The prompts you gave me to do worked. Thank You. It says there is nothing wrong now. But i'm still getting that window and I shouldn't be. I'll have to get in touch with Microsoft and see what they can do.

 

[Colif]

let me know what they say.

I bet they suggest a system reset, they always go for the full burn.

Tell them you already run SFC, DISM & Driver verifier.

 

[DataMeister]

This just started on my system in the last two weeks.

I found a weird entry in the Task Manager > Startup tab with the first half of my user name (basically my first name). I found that was trying to load a file in the C:\Users folder also with the same name. I deleted the file and disabled the entry in Startup, but I don't know what put it there in the first place. Maybe an nVidia driver update or something triggered it?

 

[Colif]

its part of windows, did you try some of the advice I offered above?

right click start button
choose command prompt (admin)
type SFC /scannow and press enter

this scans system files and may fix this behaviour

then try this:
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

DISM cleans the image, SFC cleans system files. If sfc failed before you ran dism, try it after this fix