Update KB5034441 fails to install

Anonymous

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

2024-04-18T05:21:53+00:00
The stated workaround:

**Workaround:**It might be necessary to increase the size of the WinRE partition in order to avoid this issue and complete the installation. Note that 250 megabytes of free space is required in the recovery partition. Guidance to change the WinRE partition size can be found in KB5028997: Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update.

My info:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration

Information:
```
Windows RE status:         Enabled 

Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk2\partition3\Recovery\WindowsRE 

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 07f6ea74-a860-11ea-bf9c-c18d0d23aeac 

Recovery image location: 

Recovery image index:      0 

Custom image location: 

Custom image index:        0
```
This says you need at least 250MB but my Disk 2 partition 3 according to the PART function shows as 518MB so already twice the required minimum so I shouldn't need to resize it
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Anonymous

2024-04-17T18:05:56+00:00

Same here.

Plus, since this pseudo-"up"grade failed to install, MS Teams Classic is entirely dysfunctional, too. Cannot participate in meetings any longer.

Deinstall/Reinstall not solving the issue. I know that's a different issue (and MsT messy to begin with) but the timing of the issue awfully suspicious.
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Anonymous

2024-04-17T03:28:41+00:00

So I just finished a new custom build for a client and this error is occurring for me as well. This is a January response and we are now in April, is there another thread that has a solution for this? And may I add why are you asking Windows customers to be adjusting their partitions? As a moderator, could you please advise Microsoft to put out quality updates...you have better access to the people that can make this happen. I will continue to research the web for a fix before I have to deal with partition issues. Thanks
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Anonymous

2024-04-16T21:27:27+00:00

So that means I'm out of luck until Microsoft gets out a fix or something?
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