Update KB5034441 fails to install

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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 Volunteer Moderator

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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Anonymous

2024-07-15T18:21:48+00:00

I just got mine to install. I was missing the 'winre.wim' in the system32/Recovery folder.

To get it back I had to make an Windows.ISO from their media tool. Here's some help on that:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-download-windows-10-iso-with-or-without/f0813c47-f03d-4a41-89db-6ca970b42a82

Then I got the winre.wim, copied it out of 7-zip archive (needed to see the ISO), and put it into my Windows/system32/Recovery folder.

By doing this: https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/extract-files-windows-10-iso-dvd-install-wim/#seven_zip

This restored the ability to do this:

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

In the end I needed to increase the recovery partition, mine is now 512 Mb. But I guess it could be larger.

After which, I ran the update and it worked.

That was quite ridiculous. Giving us insane error numbers instead of just saying what the problem is, you know, using words!!!

An entire afternoon wasted with this convoluted nightmare. A simple bit of software would have fixed this. Come on MS, are there no coders left. I suppose they have to go through committee meetings to get permission to sneeze now.
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Anonymous

2024-06-12T17:51:23+00:00

I just started getting this problem today. I did everything microsoft said to do. I even downloaded a tool to increase my recovery partition by 1gb. Still won't install. Why is microsoft expecting people to do this rather extreme power-user level fiddling? And even after I spent a couple hours learning how to do it all, the damn update still won't install. And this has been a problem for months with no fix?? Microsoft, fix it! Fix it so a regular user simply has the updates download and install properly without having to do anything extreme.
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Anonymous

2024-05-30T01:38:15+00:00

It boggles my mind that Microsoft expects the end user to run through numerous steps to fix it themselves. Nobody in my family is confident enough to perform the steps required in the other articles.

Microsoft created this issue, and they need to fix it.
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Anonymous

2024-05-21T11:48:41+00:00

Still sitting here in May 2024 waiting for this to be fixed.
My partition has 500. My Win RE is enabled.
I do not know how to "manually increase" the partition size nor should I have to.
Work it out Microsoft!
Does anyone actually read these posts anymore?

Old news, but it is official; MS said they can’t fix it, so if you are waiting for them to solve this, this is not going to happen., you are in your own

Mind blowing to me why since they beginning they did this flopped update obligatory on everyone in W10, especially since most W10 users don't use BitLocker, and why they haven't remove it so farl it is causing more issues that the vulnerability it is supposed to fix
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