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

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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:

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

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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Anonymous

2024-04-05T21:45:41+00:00

Still a problem 3 months later
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Anonymous

2024-04-05T23:36:49+00:00
ahalmay -- another method, if the "recovery" partition is the last partition on the disk-drive:
1. obtain "disk-cloning" software (paid or free);
2. re-purpose any older, but still OK, disk-drive that is "empty" or that can be wiped. Anything larger than 2 GB will work;
3. connect this drive as a "secondary" disk-drive;
4. launch the software;
5. wipe the secondary (NOT THE PRIMARY) disk-drive;
6. select the "Recovery" partition, and clone just that partition onto the secondary disk-drive. Given that you only have less than 1 GB to copy, it should be quick;
7. delete the "Recovery" partition from the primary disk-drive;
8. shutdown, and boot into Windows;
9. use "Disk Management" to shrink the "C:" partition by 1 or 2 GB, to create "free-space" at the end of the primary disk-drive.
10. shutdown and boot the disk-cloning software;
11. select the only partition on the secondary disk-drive, and clone it into the free-space at the end of the primary disk-drive, also choosing the option to "resize" during the copy. Now, you have a partition that is at least 1 GByte larger, which is what is needed;
12. shutdown, and boot into Windows;
13. run Windows Update, which should successfully complete.
OK?
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Anonymous

2024-04-05T23:41:36+00:00

OK, I dowloaded the Win 10 iso, extracted the needed file and converted to a .wim file.

How do I copy it to my recovery partition? I can't find a way to mount it.

TIA, Tom
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Anonymous

2024-04-05T23:46:12+00:00

Copy it to C:\Windows\System32\Recovery. Enabling Windows RE will move the file to the recovery partition.
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Anonymous

2024-04-05T23:54:51+00:00
ThomClements: since you have extracted the file, you do not need to "mount" it.

At the end of all this, I tried to use command reagentc /setreimage /path

but I couldn't get the right syntax to make it work.

> reagentc /setreimage /path \?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE

REAGENTC.EXE: The specified path was not found.

If the extracted WIM file has been copied into a newly-created "C:\FIX" folder, and now is renamed to be "FIX.WIM", then try:
```
              reagentc /setreimage /path   C:\FIX\FIX.WIM
```
to point to the folder containing the image. [On the day after posting, I edited the above to remove one ":" to correct the syntax.]

Or, as I previously suggested, assume that your current "C:" drive is "old" & "out-of-warranty" and otherwise "at-risk" of a total failure.

Then, clone every partition on it to a brand-new disk-drive, resizing "down" the "C:" partition, and resizing "up" the Recovery partition.

Boot from the new disk-drive, and run Windows Update.
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