windows resource protection could not perform requested operation

While the exact cause of this issue has not been confirmed and can vary from one case to the other, this issue is often associated with the SFC utility, for one reason or the other, not being able to access files that it either needs to operate or needs to scan for damage and corruption. In addition, this problem is also known to affect all of the versions of the Windows OS that are currently supported by Microsoft – from Windows 7 to Windows 10. This error message can show up at the end of an SFC scan or when an SFC scan gets stuck in the same stage for a while and then fails.

Many Windows users see the following error message when they run an SFC scan and it fails: “Windows resource protection cannot perform the requested operation” When an SFC scan fails, it displays an error message explaining what went wrong and why the scan failed. A successful SFC scan can fix a multitude of different issues with a Windows computer, but an SFC scan can also fail entirely. An SFC scan analyzes all system files for corruption and damage and fixes any issues with system files found by replacing the damaged or corrupted system files with completely fresh, cached versions.

An SFC (System File Checker) scan is a pretty useful utility built into every version of the Windows Operating System.

Windows resource protection could not perform requested operation