sfc bug detected in new Windows 11 24H2 update - Microsoft sure to issue a patch

New day, new bug in Windows 11 24H2 update

News By Rosario Blue published 10 October 2024

Another bug in the Windows 11 24H2 update has been found, which causes sfc /scannow to detect corrupt files on every run.

Many users will know the incantation sfc /scannow. You type it into your Windows Terminal, and it runs for a very long time, reporting on corrupt or missing files it finds, and whether it was able to repair or replace them.

The new bug causes sfc to find corrupt files, fix them, and then when it is run again, find another “corrupt file” and “fixes/replaces it” again. It doesn’t matter how many times you run it, Windows File checker will repair something.

This indicates that the problems found are false positives. Users use sfc to perform system maintenance, so seeing recurrent corrupt files on every scan will cause confusion, and cause them to keep trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist.

Users first flagged up the issue in Microsoft’s Windows 11 Feedback hub posts.

One user wrote:

"With the latest Windows 11 updates, when I try to do SFC /scannnow, it shows errors every time even though it should have fixed them already."

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