Windows 10: REAGENTC.EXE: Operation failed: 3ee

Hello,I'm trying to recreate the recovery partition on Windows 11 after deleting it.I created an empty recovery partition with diskpart but when I'm running "reagentc /enable" I get an errorREAGENTC.EXE: Operation failed: 3ee REAGENTC.EXE: An error has occurred.I couldn't find what that error code means. Any suggestions?

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ReagentC "operation failed: 32"

Hello.

What, exactly, does "operation failed: 32" mean when it comes from ReagentC?

Is their a published list of all of the ReagentC failure numbers, and what they mean or what triggers them?

 

ReagentC "operation failed: 32"

Thank you, Eugene deV.

MeipoXu, over on the TechNet forums has answered the question.

ReagentC "operation failed: 32"

ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION

32 (0x20)

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

I assumed I would be running the RE from the disk, not from the drive, if I loaded it from the disk. If the disk loaded the RE from the drive, then I was attempting to lift a rock I was standing on.

 

Reagentc failed

I was in the same situation but I had a hard time to set the path; eg: reagentc /setreimage /path D:\Recovery\WindowsRE

It wouldn't let me. I had to do the following inside DISKPART (Using your snapshot for the syntax):
- "select disk 0"
- "select volume 0" (your partition listed #1 as the Recovery)
- "assign letter = D"
Note: commands without double quote

After above steps, "reagentc /setreimage /path D:\Recovery\WindowsRE" will work.

The file ReAgent.xml under C:\Windows\System32\Recovery will be updated (if you made a backup prior, you will notice the updated timestamp)

Another way instead of using Drive letter, syntax is as follow:

"reagentc /setreimage /path \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE"
(note the bolded variable that matches the information from DISKPART)

When REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful. Windows RE status will always be disabled still.

In order to enable Windows RE status, you need to reboot into the Bios then turn off Legacy Bios in CSM and Secure Boot will automatically pickup the Windows EFI System Partition. Save the Bios and boot into Windows.

Once started, Windows RE status will be Enabled automatically. No need to enable it.

In System Information Bios Mode will be UEFI.

Hope this explain a bit more of the final step as I was struggling why I couldn't enable the RE status when "reagentc /setreimage /path D:\Recovery\WindowsRE" was successfully completed.

Good luck!