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

2024-03-14T23:40:59+00:00

And be careful if you are on W10 and you can upgrade to w11 but you want to stay on W10, because they are enforcing W11 without asking on W10 users, this guy is a techie so no chance he missed the tiny option to not upgrade they did it without permission:

His video clearly showed that he is on Windows 11 Insider edition. So all his "theories" sound super suspect to me.

The guy has many PCs and since he cover Windows news, no surprise he in the "insider program", i don't see anything sus with that.

i haven't and perhaps not you either, but just because my PC doesn't fulfill the requirements. in one of my PCs says "this PC doesn't fulfill the requirements for W11, recommended sites to buy a new PC" I will, i am just waiting MS bank deposit to buy the new PC, because i am so eager to move to their flopped and glitched "bad windows" /irony

He is not the only one, many news sites, portals and youtubers, have reported an not new, the nagging and edgy practices by MS bullying W10 "elegible" PCs to move to the flopped W11

In his case, he comments you can revert to W10 in certain X days if you want (but he will stay on W11 since he likes the OS).

However here is this guy, he did that, he wants to stay on w10, however his system is constantly "upgrading" to W11 without asking:

Windows 11 upgrade being forced on me - how can I stop it? - Microsoft Q&A

Here is other one; in both cases MS support recommend to mess up with your registry. so its not an optional thing for the users:

windows 11 started installing without permission how do i stop this - Microsoft Community
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Anonymous

2024-03-14T19:26:12+00:00

Hello,

Please try with steps given in this below article. I have performed the same steps and able to installed KB5034441 without any error.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf
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JosephT71 9,220 Reputation points

2024-03-14T19:05:34+00:00

And be careful if you are on W10 and you can upgrade to w11 but you want to stay on W10, because they are enforcing W11 without asking on W10 users, this guy is a techie so no chance he missed the tiny option to not upgrade they did it without permission:

His video clearly showed that he is on Windows 11 Insider edition. So all his "theories" sound super suspect to me.
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Anonymous

2024-03-14T15:39:06+00:00

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

Es liegt an der Größe. Man kann die Wiederherstellungsdatei grundsätzlich auf Laufwerk C legen und das Update dort durchführen. Auf Laufwerk C reicht der Platz immer aus, aber es darf kein BitLocker im Spiel sein.

KB5028997 sieht vor, dass zuerst eine neue Partition erstellt und dann installiert wird, aber es gibt auch eine andere Variante.
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