Windows 10: Can't get Reagentc to Enable despite going through all the necessary steps {KB5034441}

I'm trying to upgrade to windows 11. I went down the checklist and enabled Secure boot as well as TPM 2.0 in my computers BIOS and tried updating it gave me the 0x80070643 error code. Realized this is related to reagentc and followed a tutorial online to enable it. It doesn't matter what I do, reagentc won't enable. I've increased recovery partition size, given correct attributes, copied new winre.wim into system32 folder and pointed reagentc to the file: nothing. I've included my code log below so you can see what I've done so far. Saw someone on the forums say I need to go into diskpart, mou

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Can't get Reagentc to Enable despite going through all the necessary steps {KB5034441}

Please run:

• del c:\windows\system32\recovery\reagent.xml /a
  
• diskpart
  
• sel disk 2
  
• sel par 4
  
• assign letter S
  
• set id=ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
  
• gpt attributes=0x0000000000000000
  
• exit
  
• reagentc /setreimage /path S:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
  

Post the output.

 

Can't get Reagentc to Enable despite going through all the necessary steps {KB5034441}

I'm trying to upgrade to windows 11. I went down the checklist and enabled Secure boot as well as TPM 2.0 in my computers BIOS and tried updating it gave me the 0x80070643 error code.

Realized this is related to reagentc and followed a tutorial online to enable it. It doesn't matter what I do, reagentc won't enable. I've increased recovery partition size, given correct attributes, copied new winre.wim into system32 folder and pointed reagentc to the file: nothing.

I've included my code log below so you can see what I've done so far. Saw someone on the forums say I need to go into diskpart, mount the recovery partition to view contents then copy and paste winre.wim into a new directory within windows partition? Any help would be appreciated, I'm stumped.



C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /disable

REAGENTC.EXE: Windows RE is already disabled.





C:\Windows\system32>diskpart



Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.3636



Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.

On computer: DESKTOP-BRNJE4O



DISKPART> list disk



Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---

Disk 0 Online 931 GB 3072 KB

Disk 1 Online 931 GB 0 B

Disk 2 Online 1863 GB 0 B *

Disk 3 Online 931 GB 1024 KB *

Disk 4 Online 3725 GB 3725 GB *



DISKPART> sel disk 2



Disk 2 is now the selected disk.



DISKPART> list part



Partition ### Type Size Offset

------------- ---------------- ------- -------

Partition 1 Reserved 128 MB 17 KB

Partition 2 System 100 MB 129 MB

Partition 3 Primary 1862 GB 229 MB

Partition 4 Recovery 789 MB 1862 GB



DISKPART> sel part 3



Partition 3 is now the selected partition.



DISKPART> shrink desired=250 minimum=250



DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by: 250 MB



DISKPART> sel part 4



Partition 4 is now the selected partition.



DISKPART> delete partition override



DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.



DISKPART> list disk



Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---

Disk 0 Online 931 GB 3072 KB

Disk 1 Online 931 GB 0 B

* Disk 2 Online 1863 GB 1039 MB *

Disk 3 Online 931 GB 1024 KB *

Disk 4 Online 3725 GB 3725 GB *



DISKPART> gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001



There is no partition selected.

Please select a partition and try again.



DISKPART> create partition primary id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac



DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.



DISKPART> gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001



DiskPart successfully assigned the attributes to the selected GPT partition.



DISKPART> format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE tools"



100 percent completed



DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.



DISKPART> list vol



Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info

---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------

Volume 0 K WD Unlocker UDF CD-ROM 30 MB Healthy

Volume 1 F A002 exFAT Partition 931 GB Healthy

Volume 2 H NTFS Partition 793 MB Healthy

Volume 3 I NTFS Partition 930 GB Healthy

Volume 4 C NTFS Partition 1861 GB Healthy Boot

Volume 5 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System

Volume 7 D NTFS Partition 930 GB Healthy

Volume 8 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy Hidden

Volume 9 NTFS Partition 499 MB Healthy Hidden

* Volume 10 Windows RE NTFS Partition 1039 MB Healthy Hidden



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: Disabled

Windows RE location:

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: d771fd2e-b2dc-11eb-9eb3-d28e2af1e30f

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: Windows RE is already disabled.





C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /setreimage /path C:\Windows\System32\Recovery

Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk2\partition3\Windows\System32\Recovery



REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.





C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /info

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration

Information:



Windows RE status: Disabled

Windows RE location:

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: d771fd2e-b2dc-11eb-9eb3-d28e2af1e30f

Recovery image location:

Recovery image index: 0

Custom image location:

Custom image index: 0



REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.





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: Disabled

Windows RE location:

Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: d771fd2e-b2dc-11eb-9eb3-d28e2af1e30f

Recovery image location:

Recovery image index: 0

Custom image location:

Custom image index: 0



REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

 

Stuck at Last Step for KB5028997 while troubleshooting Windows update (KB5034441) Error (0x80070643)

Hello Jonathan,

Thank you for your response however, the issue is not about installing windows update KB5034441 but the issue is realated to steps mentioned on KB5028997.

As you can see from the screenshot, I have followed all steps as mentioned on KB5028997 but I AM ATUCK AT THE LAST STEP which is command:

reagentc /enable.

After running the command "reagentc /enable" I get the message "The Windows RE image was not found".

Whereas before starting these steps, I checked that my "reagentc" was in enabled condition.

I hope now you are able to understand the issue and would be able to suggest steps to fix this.

Regards,