Update KB5034441 fails to install

Anonymous
2024-01-14T12:58:19+00:00

So the other topic about this was lokced for who knows what reason, why lock a topic / problem that has not been resolved yet?

I keep getting notification every day about this update and as you know we cannot install it because of some problem. What I read in the other locked topic is that the update is something for bitlocker, I dont use bitlocker so do I need it? Also is there a way to set windows to ignore this update and stop reminding me about it ?

MS needs to fix this and not have people doing all kinds of risky steps in order to fix it. Most people wont know what to do when they see that the update can't be installed, many are not that good with technical windows stuff. So if anyone can tell me a way to tell windows to ignore this update thx.

EDIT: I just saw a video where they explained how to hide it using a tool from MS called WUShowHide, isnt there a way to hide it directly in windows without the need of downloading this tool?

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Ramesh 181.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2024-01-14T13:15:28+00:00

Hi Salvida,

From Windows 10, version 22H2 | Microsoft Learn

Issue details January 2024

The January 2024 Windows RE update might fail to install

Status Originating update History

Resolved N/A

KB5034441

2024-01-09 Resolved: 2024-04-30, 14:07 PT

Opened: 2024-01-12, 14:10 PT

Devices attempting to install the January 2024 Windows Recovery Environment update (KB5034441) might display an error related to the size of the Recovery Environment's partition. The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is used to repair or recover from issues affecting Windows.

Resulting from this error, the following message might be displayed.

"0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE"

Important: If your Windows device does not have a recovery environment configured, you do not need this update (KB5034441). In this case, the error can be ignored.

To determine whether your device has a recovery environment configured, inspect the WinRE status by following these steps:

Open a Command Prompt window (cmd) as admin.

To check the WinRE status, run reagentc /info. If the WinRE is configured, a "Windows RE status" field will appear in the output, with value "Enabled". If WinRE is not configured, this field will have the value "Disabled".

Resolution: Automatic resolution of this issue won't be available in a future Windows update. Manual steps are necessary to complete the installation of this update on devices which are experiencing this error.

The WinRE partition requires 250 megabytes of free space. Devices which do not have sufficient free space will need to increase the size of the partition via manual action. For guidance on making this change, review the following resources:

A code script can be used to extend the partition size. A sample script has been provided in the documentation for adding an update package to WinRE. See Extend the Windows RE Partition.

Guidance to manually change the WinRE partition size can additionally be found in KB5028997: Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update.

Completion of these manual steps will allow the installation of this update to succeed.

Affected platforms:

Client: Windows 11, version 21H2; Windows 10, version 22H2; Windows 10, version 21H2

Server: Windows Server 2022

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If you don't have WinRE enabled and don't plan to use it, you may simply hide the KB5034441 update using the WUShowHide.diagcab tool.

The tool can be downloaded from the following link:

https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f22d5fdb-59cd-4275-8c95-1be17bf70b21/wushowhide.diagcab

Select the KB5034441 update and hide it.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-31T08:39:06+00:00

    I must admit, the task of reinstalling windows with everything that might entail to get my computer back to where it is at present, is not something I would take lightly. Apart from anything else, the time this might take and the stress of something going wrong and the disruption this would cause, is not acceptable for what sounds like a poor backup service from Microsoft. Surely when we buy any new operating system we might expect updates until it is no longer supported, and if not for Windows 10, them why should it be different for Widows 11 and everything else in the future. Though I might be able to "hide" this unwanted update, the fact remains that it has done something to make my system restore stop working which leave the computer vulnerable to failure.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-05T00:15:24+00:00

    If you don't have a WinRE partition, why are you complaining about this when Microsoft specifically tell you that you can ignore the error message.

    It is actually the opposite of lazy because Microsoft was just "carefully" migrating in phases.

    They could have dived head first in June 2023 with the new monthly cumulative patch to WinRE for all windows 10 and windows 11 computers and we wouldn't have this problem. Windows 10 computers could have installed smaller patches from June 2023 on and never trigger the out of partition space warning.

    But it is precisely the phase launch that created a gigantic space requirement problem in the end as windows 10 had to patch 6 months worth of patches all at once in the January patch.

    Diving head first is the "lazy". People having Christmas holidays are also not "lazy".

    I repeat it was not lazy and worked on W11, but as a W10 user I don’t care how careful and wonderful it worked on W11, they just ported lazily from to w10, knowing it was not going to work.

    This guy is no a “hater”, and self proclaimed techie Windows “enthusiast”, always pushing people to patch for security, still this is one of the few occasions he rants:

    Windows 10 KB5034441 install fail This update is not needed and Microsoft is st as hell

    And this is one of his lasts, he comments they could script it to show the error once or not offer the update if you don’t have a WinRE partition, if you don’t use BitLocker, or if you are in Home Ed. But nooooo, they lazily pushed universally for everyone even when most don’t need, making  a lot of people worry and pulling the hairs when they see they should “contact support”, not everyone comes here and for what you see here not even people in the chat or support is helpful, because is an unnecessary problem created by W update people, call it lazy or not but is  screw up.

    Windows 10 and 11 KB5034440 KB5034441 failed update scripts and just ignore it

    I said the patch is lazy, not that the engineers are lazy, perhaps on contrary they are over worked and unmotivated people, as shown in some reports from MS; but still there seems to be a poor leadership and management there.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-27T05:34:57+00:00

    I have not done anything waiting on Microsoft to get there you know what together. You start messing around trying to do what they tell you to do you're going to be in more trouble. They sound out another fix it today and it's no good either they said just leave a go they will try to fix things later. Yeah yeah yeah we've heard this before good luck to all I would stop messing with your computers and wait till you get your computer hacked and then we can all Sue microsoft!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-25T01:01:16+00:00

    How about coming out with a patch to fix this instead and having to do all this work to fix a problem you created??

    Totally agree.

    Sadly here is not even read by MS and less by engineers, is run by voluntaries that do their best to help people here.

    With the chaos, and few personal MS has i doubt they read or care what happens here, I assume for them is those voluntaries problem to deal what happens here and give assistance.

    There is a contact for feedback them but i don't have it, perhaps a mod and assistant knows.

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