Now, Microsoft confirms July 9 updates breaks SFC.

Read this news to learn much information.

From the CBS log, users can know the problem could happen because of the hash mismatch.

sfc scannow unable to fix files

But it is strange that Windows says these files are linked properly when checking with the commandfsutil hardlink list.

Thus, the hashes should be the same.

It seems that this issue is related to the latest definition updates for Windows Defender.

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Some users said the issue also happened on Windows 10 version 1809 PCs with the Windows Defender updates.

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Microsoft Confirms SFC Issue

Currently, Microsoft has written a support document to acknowledge this problem.

Actually, SFC scannow isnt broken.

Microsoft says the issue Windows SFC scannow unable to fix files even affects the May 2019 Update.

These files are catalog-signed.

However, the manageability component of Windows Defender has a new out-of-band update channel.

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