Unable to update (KB5034441) using below links

partition 1

I believe this is incorrect. The correct partition to choose is Primary. This is the partition Win10 is living on. Following these Microsoft instructions while working on a Win10 laptop, I shrank this OS partition by 250 MB and then re-created the WinRE partition, which grabbed the extra 250 MB and was now large enough. When I got to the step of re-enabling WinRE, however, that kept failing. Per other MS instructions, I conducted a Win10 repair using a Win10 installation thumb drive. When that was finished, I checked and found WinRE was enabled. At that point the update installed correctly.

Then I tried the same process on a Win10 desktop. I keep getting failure because the SHRINK command tells me there is no room in this partition to shrink. I confirmed this by running the SHRINK QUERYMAX command, which says there are 0 MB available for shrinking -- which is crazy because there is 250 GB unused in the Primary partition. Other MS guidance says this can occur because “Additionally, you cannot shrink a volume with unmovable files located in the middle of the partition. If there are page files or other unmovable/locked system files at the end of the volume, it might also cause the problem there is not enough space on the disk to complete shrinking volume.”

I am reluctant to try the PowerShell script; I figure that if I can't make the process work by manually entering each command one by one, there's no reason to think an automated process will succeed -- and I will have even less visibility of what's going on.

Any suggestions on what I can try next?

SOLVED!

KB5034441 successfully installed.

I used some steps here: KB5028997: Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update

The KB5034441 update successfully installed.

HOWEVER... this leaves the OS partition/volume (Drive C:) corrupted. You will need to run CHKDSK C: /R /F with a restart to scan the C: drive. I checked the Event Viewer logs to verify whether the drive was actually corrupted or not.

Also note that the DiskPart command to shrink the partition by 250MB is on the OS partition/volume (Drive C:) and not the WinRE partition.

SOLVED!

KB5034441 successfully installed.

I used some steps here: KB5028997: Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update

Summary of my steps:

Steps 1 to 3:

reagentc /info

Note: partition 4

reagentc /disable

Run gparted, adjust partitions.

Reboot.

Note - I had to increase the size to 1000MB for this to work, not 750MB.

Open CMD as Administrator:

diskpart

list disk

select disk 0

list part

sel part 4

DISKPART> list part

Partition ### Type Size Offset

Partition 1 System 100 MB 1024 KB

Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 101 MB

Partition 3 Primary 464 GB 117 MB

Partition 4 Recovery 1007 MB 464 GB

Note: skip the 'shrink' command.

delete partition override [must delete partition]

Continue entering the commands in diskpart:

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

gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001

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

list vol

exit [diskpart]

reagentc /enable

reagentc /info

Restart Windows 10

Install KB5034441.

After Microsoft very unsuccessful instructions were not solving the KB5034441 error, I decided to adjust the WinRE partition through Linux's gparted utility.

However, after adjusting the partitions in the Windows 10 system from 500MB to 750MB:

The KB5034441 update still fails to install:

What is next Microsoft?

DISKPART> sel part 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> shrink desired=250 minimum=250

You may not shrink OEM, ESP, or recovery partitions, or, offline volumes.The volume you have selected may not be shrunk.Please select another volume and try again.

I am receiving this error on many Windows 10 systems. Microsoft instructions DO NOT WORK!

I am looking for an easy solution to allow this update to install.

Linux gparted may solve the problem. For those that know how to use Linux utilities.