bitsadmin getvalidationstate

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Stack HCI, versions 23H2 and 22H2

Reports the content validation state of the given file within the job.

Syntax

bitsadmin /getvalidationstate <job> <file_index>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
job	The job's display name or GUID.
file_index	Starts from 0.

Examples

To retrieve the content validation state of file 2 within the job named myDownloadJob:

bitsadmin /getvalidationstate myDownloadJob 1

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• bitsadmin command