Rightclick the Command Prompt icon on the start menu, 'run as
administrator', and at that prompt, type:

SFC /SCANNOW

You probably forgot the "/"

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"jihchiang" <dhuang1@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
news:EA714F98-2270-419D-ADD2-710BB9A7596B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> In one of the questions I asked, someone ( I think it's Bob ) suggested
> sfc scannow. I didn't get to use it as the problem was solved. Today I
> tried it just for curiosity. I opened Start menu, enter sfc scannow on
> the search box,saw the program name at the top, right click then click
> Open. NOTHING happened. What did I go wrong ?[/color]