Fix Error 0x800f0805: Run DISM Executable (Failure 5627)

Windows Deployment screen with download icon on a green background.

Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a server technology from Microsoft for network-based installation of Windows operating systems. While DISM is one of the deployment tools included in the Windows ADK and is used for capturing, servicing, and deploying boot images and operating system images and can both services online and offline image. In this article, we shall discuss the steps to fix “error 0x800f0805, run DISM executable (Failure 5627)”. Also, see this comprehensive Guide to Passkeys on Windows Devices.

Microsoft provides many tools such as the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT), the User State Migration Tool (USMT), Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM), Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), and Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE).

Why was the error “0x800f0805, run DISM executable (Failure 5627)” prompted?

Failure error 5627 can be prompted due to many reasons. Some of which are not running the right version of ADK. Also, changes made to deployment share were not updated to generate a new Litetouch boot image is not generated

Therefore, in order to determine what this issue really is. It is vital you take a look at the log file (BDD.log) to reveal this issue.

Screenshot of a deployment summary displaying a successful operating system deployment message, highlighting one error found during the process. — Failure (5627): 2146498555 0x800f0805: Run DISM

The error above occurred because I copied a Task sequence from one Deployment share to another without updating (modifying the copied task sequence) with the right install.wim file.

Below are the steps to resolve this issue

Expand your deployment Share, and select if you have multiple Task sequences or right-click on your task sequence.

Select the OS info. Then click on the Edit Unattended.XML file

Screenshot of OS Info section in a software interface displaying Windows IBS image details, with a highlighted 'Edit Unattend.xml' button.

Next Under the Answer File, select the Dropdown the components folder, and expand Windows PE

Screenshot of a technical interface displaying an answer file structure, highlighting 'Unattend' and its components such as 'windowsPE,' 'offlineServicing,' 'generalize,' 'specialize,' 'auditSystem,' 'auditUser,' and 'oobeSystem' in the left panel, with an empty properties section on the right.

Also expand amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Setup_neutral, and expand Image install.

Afterwards, expand OSImage, and ensure the path is correct to the install image (install.wim file in the sources folder).

At the end, ensure you save our Answer File. Then validate the answer File to see if there are additional errors and if there are, please resolve them and save the Answer File.

Then close all windows and start a new Windows deployment.

As you can see from the validation, there are no errors we have successfully fixed error 0x800f0805.

I hope you found this blog post helpful in fixing error 0x800f0805 run DISM executable (Failure 5627). Therefore, if you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session.