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 181.2K 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
    2024-03-04T12:05:56+00:00

    I completely understand about the procedures. Before attempting to make any changes, I watched a few videos and documented the process.

    Here a few good links that seems to help me:

    This was the video that seem to help me get a better understanding of the process of shrinking local C: drive and extending the recovery partition.

    Let's Fix Windows 10 After Failed Windows Update (youtube.com)

    I purchased NUIBI Partition Editor...and that work out great for me. Below are some videos that may help you understand what is happening before attempting this process.

    NIUBI Partition Editor Professional Edition plus

    Video Guide of using NIUBI Partition Editor. (hdd-tool.com)

    There was preparation I did before reinstalling windows:

    I read so much and watched so many videos, before I decided to make another attempt to fix the updates issue.

    Made sure that everything I needed on local drive C: (documents & hardware-software downloads) were copied over to another drive and documented any settings that I want to keep. Things like email, start menu, list of application in control panel that I know I wanted to reinstall again.

    Had to disable my encryption on local drive that had the recovery partition. Disconnected all other USB or storage disks.

    Review how the drive was partitioned currently. Since I had previously reinstalled windows I have 2 recovery partitions, one in the front and end of the disk. I used windows Disk Management Tool to view settings and documented because I wanted to clean up my partitions.

    I ran and documented some of the diskpart commands to verify detail of recovery partition after reinstalling.

    Let me know if this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-03T16:42:36+00:00

    Any chance you have instructions in very plain English on how to increase the recovery partition size? I've seen the link to some instructions but as I have no idea what each step does and how it will affect my laptop - especially if I do something wrong - because the instructions make absolutely no sense to me at all.

    And can you provide me with a complete outline of exactly what increasing the recovery partition does - like does it affect any existing files on my laptop or existing software?

    I have only a very basic knowledge of IT and this is something I have never even looked at before let alone tried to do.

    Any help, links to BASIC info (and that's info your grandmother could understand ;) ) gratefully received.

    Thanks Microsoft - care to give me the money to buy a new laptop that is either running Windows 11 or can be upgraded? Not everyone has money to upgrade their computers.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-01T00:35:29+00:00

    I was really pissed of for this update, but I'm not going to waste more time with Windows 10, I'm upgrading to 11.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-29T07:24:38+00:00

    But what if I don't have WinRE at all because of security reasons?

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