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

2024-02-05T13:14:10+00:00

I now have 3 computers: a PC desktop, a Dell laptop and an NUC mini, all running Windows 10 22H2 and all failing to install KB503441, where RETRY button appears after hanging with "Status: Installing - 0%" for some time!

I appreciate that the operating system is complex, but I am annoyed that Microsoft has not resolved this issue yet! After being happy with Windows XP MCE or Pro, disappointed with Vista, happy with Windows 7, disappointed with Windows 8 and 8.1, happy with Windows 10 Pro... this sort of thing is happening. Please try and stabilize the operating system again!

I have kept getting a freeze-up on my desktop where I get a dialog box come up saying:

"Microsoft Windows - The application is not responding. The program may respond again if you wait. Do you want to end this process? with buttons for "End Process" and "Cancel" !!!"

I have reinstalled Windows 10 Pro twice now to resolve that, as nothing else I tried worked. What is going on!
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Anonymous

2024-02-05T14:50:33+00:00

Agree, Users should wait for MS to deliver a corrected update. My opinion, MS needs to divide KB5034441 into 2 or more separate updates.

Although, some Users had success with increasing the WinRe partition using the MiniTool Partition Wizard, others are having access issues after increasing the WinRe partition.
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Anonymous

2024-02-06T13:05:04+00:00

Why am I supposed to know how to fix this as if we were software specialists? Get it solved you morons!
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Anonymous

2024-02-06T18:25:58+00:00

Why am I supposed to know how to fix this as if we were software specialists? Get it solved you morons!

Insulting and ranting here is not going to help. These forums are administered by volunteer moderators, in my experience they do what they can to help but this issue most be resolved by MS update engineers.

MS engineers don't read here, and I doubt they care.

I think there are other ways to give them feedback.

Clearly, this "meh! it may fail on some devices; they just need to resize their partition" and other screw-ups and flops show they are nerds totally living in their bubble and don't know or care what the average user thinks; they are totally disconnected.

I feel if we are lucky until next Tuesday in patch day we may have a fix, and I still would wait to see if they didn't screw up and make it worse.
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