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

2024-03-14T15:15:53+00:00

Eigentlich ist für mich zu mindest dies mittlerweile klar geworden, man will uns auf Win 11 umbringen, wie Du ja auch gesagt hast, tja, Pech gehabt, bei mir klappts nicht, hab einfach den Update versteckt mit nem Tool... Ich werde SICHER nicht umsteigen!!! Das System ist echt das Letzte, das hab Ich zu erst gemerkt, als es mehr Fehler und Einfrierungen gebracht hat, als alle anderen Windows Systeme davor zusammen genommen, und zu dem friert auch noch der Task Manager dazu, also dazu kann Ich echt nicht sagen ohne mich vulgär auszudrücken...
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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

2024-03-14T14:14:18+00:00

My problem is that after a major update yesterday this kb won't install but the annoying problem is that since then Outlook keeps asking to sign in every time I check an email....the crazy thing is that I have two more PCs that took the update normally and don't have the Outlook issue....they must fix it asap cause I am not a computer engineer to play in cmd....I am just a user...
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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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