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 181.2K 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

2024-03-08T12:52:48+00:00

I wonder how and if Microsoft tests their updates before they release them. After the second failure (kb5001716), I thought I’d be proactive and fix it myself like I had to with 5034441. Looking up the failure on Microsoft community, I tried those fixes, including reinstalling windows 10 ( note to readers NEVER reinstall windows 10 to fix update error without talking to Microsoft tech support to find the source of the error). After all that, contacted Microsoft tech support, finally learned the issue was the update itself and they were aware of it and working on it.

I have 7 pcs running windows 10, and this latest update failure affected all of them.

I tried windows 11, absolutely hated it, and went back to windows 10. Even if windows 11 was an option that I could stomach, only 2 or my 7 computers have the requirements for windows 11. All of my computers run fine until Microsoft pushes bad updates. It is time they start testing their updates better.
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JosephT71 9,220 Reputation points

2024-03-04T02:18:56+00:00
No, the bug just got more complicated by the minute.
1. So Microsoft started working on this in December for the January patch Tuesday release.
2. Christmas got in the way of testing things. The top guys have extended holidays.
3. Bug reports came and they released the cmd line fix
4. cmd line fix is overly complicated so they went back to the drawing board
5. they released a "script" fix for the general public for easier deployment without telling people how to lower the security gate to run the script
6. their fixes don't work if the winre partition is in the front of the drive
7. They got a bunch of zero day vulnerabilities they need to patch in the meantime. So the bug fix was in the back burner.
8. They released those zero day vulnerabilities patches but the February patch Tuesday fixes were blocked for some computers with the kb50344441 error. So now they have to release another work around.
So it is just a cascading series of problems starting with the top people having extending Christmas holidays.
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Anonymous

2024-03-03T23:44:06+00:00

The error is Microsoft's and I think Microsoft should create an update. There are many people with this error, but apparently Microsoft doesn't give a damn if Windows 10 works well now.
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