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Has Windows startup repair or a troubleshooter ever fixed your issue even once? (midwest.social)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Yeah, basically that. I'm back at work in Windows land on a Monday morning, and pondering what sadist at Microsoft included these features. It's not hyperbole to say that the startup repair, and the troubleshooters in settings, have never fixed an issue I've encountered with Windows. Not even once. Is this typical?

ETA: I've learned from reading the responses that the Windows troubleshooters primarily look for missing or broken drivers, and sometimes fix things just by restarting a service, so they're useful if you have troublesome hardware.

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[–] Jtee@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and I've also had success using tools like SFC and DISM to repair Windows.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You fixed things with SFC and DISM? You are a god among mortals!

[–] Jtee@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

DISM usually needs an install.wim in order to be effective lol

[–] Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unless you do the online command so it pulls the most recent wim and does it on its own. I've got a batch file I use to fix computers at work that does the online dism followed by sfc and have had a few successes with it.

[–] elvith@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Nah, I’m currently trying to fix a PC that is so borked, that not even a clean install.wim can fix. According to some sources, there are some packages missing in current installation medias, that are not needed for the installation, but you cannot repair a borked install, if those are affected. This seems to be the case since at least somewhen in 2021, from which I found the earliest reports. Oh… and they aren’t in the online image as well. So if those break, you can only do a clean install.