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

2024-01-19T02:34:47+00:00

This is incredibly frustrating. I've been having the same issues as everyone else -- either due to my lack of experience using the command prompt, or due to the resizing methods simply not working -- but this update being unable to install is greatly affecting my ability to launch apps that worked fine yesterday. Please get this fixed soon. It it unacceptable to not say anything about this update and release it knowing full well it's got issues.
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Anonymous

2024-01-18T19:53:05+00:00

Thing is, this error has nothing to do with partition size/location. There is no mention of " partition" in the error message here and it is the install of the security update that fails . The security update downloads, then" installing" shows, then the error message.

Is this the anti virus engine part of the update or the definitions? The engine I suspect.
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Anonymous

2024-01-18T19:30:32+00:00

.Does MS contemplate I increase the recovery partition ? I should think I do not need more recovery partition space . The recovery partition now occupies 499MB on a 500GB disk which partition is the first on the drive.
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Anonymous

2024-01-18T18:51:30+00:00
I eventually managed to install KB5034441 using MiniTool Partition Manager to:
1. On my drive with the recovery partition I shrunk the main partition by 384Mbs and applied the change.
2. I then increased the recovery partition by (you guessed it) 384Mbs and applied the change.
3. Then I aligned each partition, applied the change and rebooted the PC.
After that it installed just fine. It's worth mentioning that using the MS method of enlarging the recovery partition did not work for me and I suspect that other partition managers would probably work in this way to.

Hooe this helps someone.
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