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

2024-03-15T20:05:37+00:00
Hello, I have the same issue. I have not been able to resolve this issue after trying every known solution, so after clearing the update download cache and running a SFC to verify system integrity, I attempted to download it again.

After it failed to install, I checked the DISM log file located under C:\Windows\Logs\DISM and it appears to be installing successfully until I found the following lines
```
2024-03-15 14:37:53, Info                  CBS    Not able to add file to extract: update.ses [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
2024-03-15 14:37:53, Error                 CBS    Package "Package_for_ServicingStack_3745~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~19041.3745.1.0" requires Servicing Stack v10.0.19041.1 but current Servicing Stack is v10.0.18362.411. [HRESULT = 0x800f0823 - CBS_E_NEW_SERVICING_STACK_REQUIRED]
2024-03-15 14:37:53, Info                  CBS    Failed to initialize internal package [HRESULT = 0x800f0823 - CBS_E_NEW_SERVICING_STACK_REQUIRED]2024-03-15 14:37:53, Error                 CBS    Failed to create internal package [HRESULT = 0x800f0823 - CBS_E_NEW_SERVICING_STACK_REQUIRED]
2024-03-15 14:37:53, Info                  CBS    Failed to create windows update package [HRESULT = 0x800f0823 - CBS_E_NEW_SERVICING_STACK_REQUIRED]
```
This does not make any sense since my computer is currently running

Windows 10 Home

Version 22H2

OS Build 19045.4170

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19054.1000.0

Searching for the servicing stack version led to the following link https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/servicing-stack-update-for-windows-10-version-2004-and-20h2-january-12-2021-c8a86bf7-6d49-b7fe-4369-44b1429b33cf

However, after trying several versions that should be relevant for my computer produced the same error - "This update is not applicable to your computer". This would make sense since I am not running version 2004 or 20H2. Yet for some reason it still has the outdated service stack.

I do not know if this is applicable to the other users experiencing this problem, but I hope this information proves helpful in identifying the cause.
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Anonymous

2024-03-15T01:30:20+00:00

I hid it a month ago and all has been good since.! Seem to get all updates with no problem. People are just impatient maybe they haven't been with Microsoft long enough to realize who they're dealing with LOL good luck
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Anonymous

2024-03-14T14:44:07+00:00

Die Anleitung die Wiederherstellungspartition zu vergrößern ist toll,

das klappt auch, jedoch schlägt das Sicherheits Update immernoch fehl, daran liegt es nicht.

Kann Microsoft das Update nicht einfach mal überarbeiten ?, es ist immerhin aus Januar....

Das Schlimme ist dass es ja scheinbar auch völlig egal ist wenn man die Systemwiederherstellung aus schaltet

oder die ganze blöde Partition löscht, trotzdem geht dieses und folgende monatliche Sicherheitsupdates nicht durch.

Das ist doch kein Zustand....

oder ist auf Windows 11 upgraden der von Microsoft präferierte vorgeschlagene Lösungsweg... ?

Und deshalb wird da nichts dran geändert...
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Anonymous

2024-03-14T14:05:56+00:00

Same here. I increased my recovery partition to 562 MB. An 11 GB unallocated partition immediately follows it. The update still fails. Windows 22H2 Build 19045.4170
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