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

2024-04-20T15:21:16+00:00

I'll decide what I think is relevant to the thread. I don't need you to do that for me. Thank you! Yes, for the simple fact Microsoft is relinquishing this process that clearly isn't for everyone they're losing popularity very quickly.
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Anonymous

2024-04-20T15:16:59+00:00

What was the size of your original recovery partition and how much free space did it have? I have one PC with 6.39GB (which is well over 250MB) of free space and one with no recovery partition at all. Both still have the same error. Either Microsofts error reporting system is completely flawed or people posting solutions about why this works aren't explaining it the right way.
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Anonymous

2024-04-19T18:29:18+00:00

Because Microsoft has no intention of making a fix for it, that's a total lie. This is their attempt to make people buy Windows 11 machines. Otherwise, they would've done it by now.

Lie or not, I am not screwing up my machine messing with partitions. Whether or not they are trying to force conversion to Windows11 is a topic for a different thread.
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Anonymous

2024-04-19T18:14:31+00:00

This has absolutely nothing to do with the recovery partition. Stop the misinformation. My laptop gave this same error message and I don't even have a recovery partition. This is Microsoft's pitiful attempt to get people to switch to Windows 11 which sucks even more than Windows 10 does. Please, do yourselves a favor and just go back to the Windows 7 or XP or 2000 engine. It was far better, and far more efficient.

As another user said, the error has nothing to do with Windows recovery, and first time I tried to download it on a laptop that had way more than the free space specified, so not sure why people keep going back to this erroneous solution. It's not a solution apparently, and others who tried to use another partition manager obviously have way more experience using them than others, but most people won't want to screw up their computer that's obviously not working for them.

A pro tip to the people posting steps: please include screenshots so we can actually see what you're talking about. Not everything is that easy to find on Windows 10 the menus are just that confusing.
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