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

2024-04-26T20:57:26+00:00

You have the Windows RE volume, and the Recovery Volume

The RECOVERY Volume is not used or created by Windows, and not everybody has it.

And you cannot judge the free space of a partition, including the Windows RE one, from partition size.

And with Windows RE disabled there is no installing KB5034441. Without Winre.wim, there is no enabling Windows RE.
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Anonymous

2024-04-26T19:14:37+00:00

Well, if it's not needed, then why are Microsoft Update servers configured to push it out? Obviously, there are some people who need it but I'm going to say that those people are Windows 11 users, I'm telling you, this is exactly the problem. I can't see how this is even relevant despite people coming on here saying it worked for their Windows 10 system.

You can't go back and forth over and over again without interpreting the nature of the problem, but presuming you had Windows 10, there obviously is no set of steps that work if most people coming on here don't even have WindowsRE configured, but that isn't the only issue I think. You have two seperate volumes. You have the Windows RE volume, and the Recovery Volume, and before you can even run those steps, you have to configure WindowsRE to take those commands. On my system, it's not even configured, nor is there any path that I could find any install.wim image which is what you need to mount before you can do ANYTHING with the WindowsRE environment on Windows 10. Microsoft needs to clarify this.

This whole "250MB of free space" thing doesn't even compute. When you follow the set of steps in that one post that is an alleged solution, the partition is clearly bigger than 250MB.
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Anonymous

2024-04-26T10:14:19+00:00

It's all well and good to say that this update isn't needed so ignore it... the simple fact of the matter is that it has messed up aspects of my computer and I believe many others, so it can't just be ignored unless you're happy to live with a vulnerable computer that could fail without the option to recover it... I no longer have a system restore that works.
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Anonymous

2024-04-26T00:35:52+00:00

Don't know if this will will be an issue going forward. My PC died as in not powering up & all signs indicate a dead motherboard. I have parts coming to build a new one & hopefully a fresh install of the latest version of Win10 won't have this update problem, but I'm not counting on that. At least the partitions will be in the correct order.
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