Windows update (KB5034441) Error (0x80070643)

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Your instructions also failed, so your point is?

No they didn't, and stop trying to make it about me. And if anything worked for you, it's not what you wrote.

select part*<WinRE partition index>*

shrink desired=250 minimum=250

This is quoted wrongly from KB5028997.

This is left out from KB5028997:

no need to resort to disk manager

And if you replace Winre.wim, there is no need to resort to diskpart.

Fix for KB5034441 regarding the RE-partition that keeps failing

This finally what worked for me (I read a lot and tried a lot of methods).

Download Windows 22H2 from the Microsoft website. You can either create an ISO or a USB with the media creation tool (the next steps will be easier with a USB). If you use an ISO you will have to mount it virtually.

Find the install.ESD file (usually in the root directory of the ISO or USB). Convert it to install.WIM following these steps.

Create a directory for the install.ESD and copy the file you located above.

From that directory, enter:

Check the status of recovery

reagentc /info

Disable windows recovery

reagentc /disable

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:install.esd

dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity

Open the install.wim with 7zip (or peazip) and scout through the directory trees to locate folder winre.wim (including reagent.xml 
copy the contents of the folder into C:\Windows\System32\Recovery (while in 7zip or peazip)

Then resize your recovery partition using the steps outlined here:  

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf

diskpart

list disk

sel disk<OS disk index of your windows boot drive, usually it is zero>

diskpart

list part

(note from the list, information will be provided that the disk is GPT or MBR, I will address GPT)

select part*<WinRE partition index>*

shrink desired=250 minimum=250

create partition primary id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac

gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001

format quick fs=ntfs label=”Windows RE tools”

list vol

exit (from diskpart)

Finally, run:

reagentc /enable

run the problem update (took a long time on my computer)

A video of the partition resize procedure is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_wPCampdU&t=323s

This is very creative, and I believe it will work. Very good advice and clear.

I never was able to use the "quick format" command, so you can just use "format fs=ntfs"

Hope the "Label" command works for you. I did my Partition name "label" later using MiniTool Partition Manager Freeware (yes parts to do this are FREE).

Good luck.

I agree with the comments that these actions are going to fail. You are trying to shrink the Recovery Partition when you should be shrinking your main OS Partition by 250MB (really should be at least 1024 MB).

Some advice, you should go back through all the pages of this post and read about how to do this process properly. Also, these directions are for a GPT drive, hope this is what you have. Delete your previous attempts, make sure you are deleting the right partition first. I have never had any success with the quick format command. Just use the Format command. If you are not familiar with working in Diskpart and the Command Line commands, I would suggest you don't do this. The YouTube video is pretty good, need to just slow down, read, and understand what is being done.

It is not "sure to fail," it worked for me and it worked for a great many who commented on the youtube video. Your instructions also failed, so your point is?