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

2024-02-02T23:24:38+00:00

I have uninstalled both calculator and photos and reinstalled them and it didn't make any difference, shouldn't that have re-registered them when I reinstalled them?
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Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points

2024-02-02T23:32:38+00:00

You and the post you replied to are in the wrong discussion thread.

This is the correct discussion: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/microsoft-photos-file-system-error-2147219196/3bf0b7d0-4390-46f2-b948-a1e05d726e73
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Anonymous

2024-02-03T09:18:22+00:00

Thank you for the Work Around, it took me some time to get to grips with the DiskPart instructions, but once I understood the process, I eventually created a Windows RE Tools drive after the OS partition from around 575 mb (Unformatted? not NTFS) to 1.75GB size NTFS partition which I know is well over the recommended size, but wanted to carry out this process once and for all, for all future updates on Win 10, besides I had the spare space. To confirm I was then able to successfully update my system with the problematic 2024-01 Security Update for Windows 10 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034441). This fix may have also helped with a previous Update with a similar issue, if only I had seen the Work Around back then?

Thanks again
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Anonymous

2024-02-03T13:54:30+00:00

Hi

I have just tried the above instructions to manually resize partition by 250 MB, but it hasn't worked. It has now left me with the WinRE still disabled and unable to 'enable' it again because it is now not able to leave 'diskpart' so is still running. So I am not sure whether a disabled WinRE is going to really mess things up for me now? I should have just left things alone. What shall I do?

Lindsey
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