After 3 months since KB5034441 was released, it still won't install

LesFerch said:

You can ignore disks 2 and 3.

On disk 1 it's the 583MB partition that needs to be enlarged.

Right-click the C: partition, select Move/Resize and make it 300MB smaller. You will need to click beside "GB" and select "MB". Do NOT click Apply at this point.

The "Unallocated Space After" should show 300MB. It should look like this:
Attachment 406534

Click OK and then right-click the 583MB partition and select Move/Resize. It should look like this:
Attachment 406535

Move the slider over to use all of the available 300MB and it should look like this:
Attachment 406536

Click OK.

Note that I already enlarged my Recovery partition, so my example shows a change from 949MB to 1249MB.

At this point, everything is just a preview of what will be changed.

When you're sure you've got it right, then click "Apply".

Just registered to say thanks, had this issue for a couple of weeks and your instructions fixed it and was easy to do

SuspiciousPixel said:

Just registered to say thanks, had this issue for a couple of weeks and your instructions fixed it and was easy to do

1. Disable UAC (User Account Control) completely - first from Control Panel

2. From Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Policies > System
Double click on EnableLUA, verify if value is 0; if not, change it to 0

3. Restart

4. Create a Notepad file and save as clearupdatehistory.bat - works with windows 10/11

@echo off

powershell -windowstyle hidden -command "Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/s,/c,net stop usosvc & net stop wuauserv & del %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log & del /f /q C:\ProgramData\USOPrivate\UpdateStore\* & net start usosvc & net start wuauserv & UsoClient.exe RefreshSettings' -Verb runAs"

must contain the above lines
after this file was created right click and run it as administrator, it will delete/clear Windows Update History

5. Resize C: partition using Disk Management from windows 10/11, right click on start button

6. Download and install MiniTool Partition Wizard latest version from official website and install the free home edition not pro trial

7. Open MiniTool, select Recovery Partition marked with *: and on the left side menu you will see a sub-menu called Change Partition, underneath there's another option called Extend Partition, click on it and select the unallocated space that you created on step 5.

8. Restart

I followed LesFerch's instructions and worked for me - Thank you

LesFerch said:

You can ignore disks 2 and 3.

On disk 1 it's the 583MB partition that needs to be enlarged.

Right-click the C: partition, select Move/Resize and make it 300MB smaller. You will need to click beside "GB" and select "MB". Do NOT click Apply at this point.

The "Unallocated Space After" should show 300MB. It should look like this:
Attachment 406534

Click OK and then right-click the 583MB partition and select Move/Resize. It should look like this:
Attachment 406535

Move the slider over to use all of the available 300MB and it should look like this:
Attachment 406536

Click OK.

Note that I already enlarged my Recovery partition, so my example shows a change from 949MB to 1249MB.

At this point, everything is just a preview of what will be changed.

When you're sure you've got it right, then click "Apply".

Also just registered to say a big THANK YOU too. This was driving me crazy for months.

One thing I would note about MiniTool Partition Wizard, and where I think @benherrmann was getting stuck: when in the Move/Resize dialog, the horizontal bar/slider is not clickable. The little < and > arrows on each end also don't respond to simple clicks. You need to click-and-drag the arrows when the cursor becomes a <-||-> symbol. Quirky interface, isn't clear. You did address it in a follow-up post however.

habbers said:

Also just registered to say a big THANK YOU too. This was driving me crazy for months.

One thing I would note about MiniTool Partition Wizard, and where I think @benherrmann was getting stuck: when in the Move/Resize dialog, the horizontal bar/slider is not clickable. The little < and > arrows on each end also don't respond to simple clicks. You need to click-and-drag the arrows when the cursor becomes a <-||-> symbol. Quirky interface, isn't clear. You did address it in a follow-up post however.

Welcome to the forum! Good point about the interface. It is indeed a bit quirky.

@Pentagon
I was going to try the info you posted to get the update installed, but I dont think the commands would be the same, correct? My hard drive only has 3 partitions total (100mb EFI System, 2800gb NTFS C:, and 505mb Recovery Partition)
Please help!
Thank you from the USA!

This is the info you had suggested:
You only have to know how to run "Command Prompt" as Administrator.
when you see this:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
you are on the right way.

Then copy the following commands and paste into command prompt:
step by step
reagentc /disable
diskpart
sel disk 0
sel par 5
delete partition override
sel par 4
extend
shrink minimum=1024
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="Recovery"
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
exit
reagentc /enable

The update will be installed successfully!

@Bree
Heres what I found, below.
I thought 505mb was "large enough" but maybe thats not correct? I am also worried that my offset is 2794gb on recovery partition 4??