System File Checker

sfc
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseJune 25, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-06-25)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeSystem utility
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websitedocs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/sfc

System File Checker (SFC[1]) is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corrupted Windows system files.[2]

  1. ^ Boswell, William (2003). "Using the System File Checker, SFC". Inside Windows Server 2003. Inside Series. p. 860. ISBN 9780735711587. Retrieved 2017-07-23. You do not need to hack the Registry to change the WFP settings. A command-line utility comes with Windows Server 2003 to set these values. Called the System File Checker, or SFC, the utility can also rebuild the D11Cache directory files if files are accidentally deleted.
  2. ^ "MS-DOS and Windows command line SFC command".