How to install KB5034441: Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2: January 9, 2024

Anonymous
2024-01-11T16:58:21+00:00

I tried to manually resize the partition by 250 MB per the instructions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf#articleFooterSupportBridge=communityBridge

I had to exit Disk Part because I can not shrink the OS partition first:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3930]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information: 

Windows RE status:         Enabled  
Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE  
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 610c3ed8-af74-11ee-92f0-acd56448675c  
Recovery image location:  
Recovery image index:      0  
Custom image location:  
Custom image index:        0

REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /disable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.3636

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

Disk 0 Online 119 GB 11 MB *

DISKPART> sel disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list part

Partition ### Type Size Offset

Partition 1 System 750 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 751 MB
Partition 3 Primary 117 GB 879 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 1022 MB 118 GB

DISKPART> sel part 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> shrink desired=250 minimum=250

You may not shrink OEM, ESP, or recovery partitions, or, offline volumes.
The volume you have selected may not be shrunk.
Please select another volume and try again.

DISKPART> list part

* Partition 1 System 750 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 751 MB
Partition 3 Primary 117 GB 879 MB
Partition 4 Recovery 1022 MB 118 GB

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information: 

Windows RE status:         Enabled  
Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE  
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 610c3eda-af74-11ee-92f0-acd56448675c  
Recovery image location:  
Recovery image index:      0  
Custom image location:  
Custom image index:        0

REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Is there another way to install this update?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-19T09:16:46+00:00

    19th April and still no fix for this. Having to install Windows 10/11 for my business and see this error daily. Use Show/Hide tool to get rid of errors as my customers will not stand for this as they think there's something wrong with their new machine installations. Pathetic Microsoft has no fix for this even using latest Windows installation so partitions should be correct on installation from the start. . It looks like updates are incomplete or continuously faulty. It doesn't put Microsoft in a very good light at all.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-08T16:43:29+00:00

    KB5034441_CB wrote:

    Same on both my laptops. The patch keeps trying to install, and keeps failing.

    Yes, as in mainframe programming, if a program fails once, it is highly likely to fail again, with the identical error-message, if you run exactly the same program on the same computer.

    Yes, Windows Update will keep trying to apply any update, probably once per day, in order to keep Windows fully updated.

    I am a mainframe programmer. I do not have the skills to do the coding that MS suddenly expects me to do, to make this patch work. Nor is it my job.

    You may need to enhance your skills, if the mainframe computer is replaced by a server-farm of computers not using z/OS nor z/VM, but instead using some other operating system, such as IBM AIX or any of the Linux variants.

    I am not paid by MS to code or test their patches.

    For better or for worse, the "patch" passed all the Quality Assurance tests within Microsoft, and has been released. So, it is not a "test release".

    The patches should be backwards compatible when delivered.

    Agreed. But, as (alleged) "millions" users of Windows have experienced, the update has issues in some configurations of the partitions on the disk-drive.

    If you read through this thread, there are several work-arounds that can be deployed.

    The most-simple is to "clone" your (probably) out-of-warranty, aging, disk-drive onto a brand-new, in-warranty, disk-drive, and telling that disk-cloning software to slightly change the size of the 3 partitions:

    * Windows start-up

    * Your "C:" partition

    * Windows Recovery

    to decrease the size of the "C:" partition by 1 GB (out of 500? 1000?), and increase the size of the "Recovery" partition by 1 GB. QED.

    Note that the replacement disk-drive should be a solid-state device, either the physical size of your current laptop(s) disk-drive, or an M.2 device, if your motherboard supports the M.2 format. Using a solid-state device will increase the performance of your laptop(s), and extend the hours of power supplied by the laptop's internal battery, due to lower power requirements, as compared to any "spinning" disk-drive. Win-win!

    Hint: with the second (usually the right-side) mouse button, click on the Windows "Start" icon (usually bottom-left of the screen), and choose "Disk Management".

    Tell us the size of the disk-drive, and the names & sizes of each of the partitions.

    That information will be useful in taking the next steps to resolving the issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-08T14:18:54+00:00

    Same on both my laptops. The patch keeps trying to install, and keeps failing. Wasting time almost daily. I am a mainframe programmer. I do not have the skills to do the coding that MS suddenly expects me to do, to make this patch work. Nor is it my job. I am not paid by MS to code or test their patches. The patches should be backwards compatible when delivered. I expect more from MS than the way millions of users have been affected and treated. This is completely unacceptable.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-06T00:25:39+00:00

    Do you have Windows RE enabled right now?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-06T00:12:38+00:00

    I have tried re running the patch and it still fails

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