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

2024-07-15T14:33:58+00:00

Exactly, I bet they have a KPI on locked threads as resolved.

I don't think so, because who exactly? Random guy that figures out the resolution or volunteer moderator? Both don't get s*** for their work. Or you mean Microsoft? To claim KPI, they would first need to claim that resolution as their own, in which they would claim that whoever solve it and resolve it is on their payroll. Otherwise it would be unpaid labor and bases for huge lawsuit.

53 pages of people with this problem and no resolutions from Microsoft. Been a Microsoft fan for a very long time but since the launch of 11 I've really started hating it since they want to force people to upgrade to 11 by not supporting their existing hardware that runs on 10 and won't on 11.

Let me remind you what somewhere in the middle of those 53 pages was a decent outrage: Microsoft release announcement, that they do not plan to fix this. And also the fact that this was a problem on Win11 too. They just took what worked on 11, repurposed it for 10 and called it a day, whithout care if it actually works.
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Anonymous

2024-07-15T18:21:48+00:00

I just got mine to install. I was missing the 'winre.wim' in the system32/Recovery folder.

To get it back I had to make an Windows.ISO from their media tool. Here's some help on that:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-download-windows-10-iso-with-or-without/f0813c47-f03d-4a41-89db-6ca970b42a82

Then I got the winre.wim, copied it out of 7-zip archive (needed to see the ISO), and put it into my Windows/system32/Recovery folder.

By doing this: https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/extract-files-windows-10-iso-dvd-install-wim/#seven_zip

This restored the ability to do this:

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

In the end I needed to increase the recovery partition, mine is now 512 Mb. But I guess it could be larger.

After which, I ran the update and it worked.

That was quite ridiculous. Giving us insane error numbers instead of just saying what the problem is, you know, using words!!!

An entire afternoon wasted with this convoluted nightmare. A simple bit of software would have fixed this. Come on MS, are there no coders left. I suppose they have to go through committee meetings to get permission to sneeze now.
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Anonymous

2024-07-15T22:25:51+00:00

MS coders are busy screwing up Win11.
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Anonymous

2024-07-20T10:23:53+00:00

Update is still not installing...
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