{"id":79907,"date":"2025-12-03T14:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=79907"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:43:04","slug":"dism-error-126-not-initialized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/dism-error-126-not-initialized\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix for DISM Error 126 &#8211; Could not be initialized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you run any DISM command, error 126 may appear. The following is the full error message verbatim.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Error: 126\r\n\r\nAn error occurred. DISM could not be initialized in the local folder.\r\nEnsure that DISM is installed correctly and that all of the binaries are present.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dism-error-126.png\" alt=\"DISM error 126\" width=\"700\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DISM log file may contain the following entries:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nError    DISM   PID=1072 TID=8268 Failed to create the local image session. - CDISMManager::GetLocalProviderStore(hr:0x8007007e)\r\nError    DISM   PID=1072 TID=8268 Failed to get the local Provider Store. - CDISMManager::get_Logger(hr:0x8007007e)\r\nInfo     DISM   PID=8564 TID=8548 Scratch directory set to 'C:\\Users\\autot\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\'. - CDISMManager::put_ScratchDir\r\nInfo     DISM   PID=8564 TID=8548 DismCore.dll version: 10.0.26100.6899 - CDISMManager::FinalConstruct\r\nInfo     DISM   Initialized Panther logging at C:\\Windows\\Logs\\DISM\\dism.log\r\nInfo     DISM   PID=8564 TID=8548 Successfully loaded the ImageSession at \"C:\\Windows\\System32\" - CDISMManager::LoadLocalImageSession\r\nError    DISM   PID=8564 TID=8548 Failed to create the local image session. - CDISMManager::GetLocalProviderStore(hr:0x8007007e)\r\nError    DISM   PID=8564 TID=8548 Failed to get the local Provider Store. - CDISMManager::get_Logger(hr:0x8007007e)\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>Error code 126 (hex: 0x8007007E) means:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">0x8007007E (0x7E)\u00a0- ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND\u00a0-\u00a0The specified module could not be found.<\/pre>\n<p>The above error can occur if the DISM-related DLLs are missing or if they are located in a different folder.<\/p>\n<p>These three files should <strong>not<\/strong> be present under the <strong>C:\\Windows\\System32<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Windows\\System32\\DismCore.dll\r\nC:\\Windows\\System32\\DismCorePS.dll\r\nC:\\Windows\\System32\\DismProv.dll<\/pre>\n<p>Instead, they should be under the <strong>C:\\Windows\\System32\\DISM<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1<\/h3>\n<p>Open the <strong>C:\\Windows\\System32<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n<p>Delete or rename the following files if they exist.<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Windows\\System32\\DismCore.dll\r\nC:\\Windows\\System32\\DismCorePS.dll\r\nC:\\Windows\\System32\\DismProv.dll<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Step 2<\/h3>\n<p>Make sure that these DLLs are present under the <strong>C:\\Windows\\System32\\DISM<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Windows 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">AppxProvider.dll<br \/>\nAssocProvider.dll<br \/>\nCbsProvider.dll<br \/>\nDismCore.dll<br \/>\nDismCorePS.dll<br \/>\nDismHost.exe<br \/>\nDismProv.dll<br \/>\nDmiProvider.dll<br \/>\nFfuProvider.dll<br \/>\nFolderProvider.dll<br \/>\nGenericProvider.dll<br \/>\nIBSProvider.dll<br \/>\nImagingProvider.dll<br \/>\nIntlProvider.dll<br \/>\nLogProvider.dll<br \/>\nMsiProvider.dll<br \/>\nOfflineSetupProvider.dll<br \/>\nOSProvider.dll<br \/>\nProvProvider.dll<br \/>\nSetupPlatformProvider.dll<br \/>\nSmiProvider.dll<br \/>\nSysprepProvider.dll<br \/>\nTransmogProvider.dll<br \/>\nUnattendProvider.dll<br \/>\nVhdProvider.dll<br \/>\nWimProvider.dll<\/div>\n<p><strong>For Windows 11:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">AppxProvider.dll<br \/>\nAssocProvider.dll<br \/>\nCbmrProvider.dll<br \/>\nCbsProvider.dll<br \/>\nDismCore.dll<br \/>\nDismCorePS.dll<br \/>\nDismHost.exe<br \/>\nDismProv.dll<br \/>\nDmiProvider.dll<br \/>\nEdgeProvider.dll<br \/>\nFfuProvider.dll<br \/>\nFolderProvider.dll<br \/>\nGenericProvider.dll<br \/>\nIBSProvider.dll<br \/>\nImagingProvider.dll<br \/>\nIntlProvider.dll<br \/>\nLogProvider.dll<br \/>\nMsiProvider.dll<br \/>\nMsuProvider.dll<br \/>\nOSProvider.dll<br \/>\nOfflineSetupProvider.dll<br \/>\nProvProvider.dll<br \/>\nSetupPlatformProvider.dll<br \/>\nSmiProvider.dll<br \/>\nSysprepProvider.dll<br \/>\nTransmogProvider.dll<br \/>\nUnattendProvider.dll<br \/>\nVhdProvider.dll<br \/>\nWimProvider.dll<\/div>\n<p>If some of them are missing, run the System File Checker (SFC.exe) to restore them.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The following files don&#8217;t exist in Windows 10 (22H2).<\/p>\n<pre>CbmrProvider.dll\r\nEdgeProvider.dll\r\nMsuProvider.dll\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Once done, DISM.exe should load the DLLs correctly from the C:\\Windows\\System32\\DISM folder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you run any DISM command, error 126 may appear. The following is the full error message verbatim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[160,191],"class_list":["post-79907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-dism","tag-error-messages"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29438,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/dism-error-2-start-servicing-process\/","url_meta":{"origin":79907,"position":0},"title":"DISM Error 2 While Attempting to Start the Servicing Process","author":"Ramesh","date":"October 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When you run the DISM utility in Windows to clean up the component store or repair Windows system files, error 2 (0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) may appear: Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 10.0.22621.1 Error: 2 An error occurred while attempting to start the servicing process for the image located\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"80070002 dism error 2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dism-error-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dism-error-2.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dism-error-2.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":75466,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/dism-error-3017-reboot-required\/","url_meta":{"origin":79907,"position":1},"title":"DISM Error 3017 &#8220;System reboot is required&#8221;","author":"Ramesh","date":"June 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When you run DISM ScanHealth or RestoreHealth to repair the component store, error 3017 may occur. 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