windows update error (0x80070643) for kb5001716

Read the IMPORTANT section in the KB to resolve the issue:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5034441-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-january-9-2024-62c04204-aaa5-4fee-a02a-2fdea17075a8

IMPORTANT

This update requires 250 MB of free space in the recovery partition to install successfully. If the recovery partition does not have sufficient free space, this update will fail. In this case, you will receive the following error message:

0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE

To avoid this error or recover from this failure, please follow the Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update and then try installing this update.

Or, to use a sample script to increase the size of the WinRE recovery partition, see Extend the Windows RE Partition.

Same here! WTH with updates that do not install. This need to be fixed. It is maddening as I am NOT an engineer, but do keep both my laptop and tower up to date, or at least I try! Microsoft makes this impossible. I am so tempted to go to apple! Honestly, this, in my opinion, is unacceptable. DO NOT RELEASE an update if it does not install FOR EVERYONE!

It's fixed here , did not use any of the steps here, as soon as I knw the error was not on my side, I just wait for solution of MS.

Greetings from Holland

Jan

Didn't help here, unfortunately...

EDIT:

It NOW finaly? got installed - let's see, how long that last! :-D

Here's what I see in my Apps & Features list (both before, and after, the process -- as expected):