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Windows update (KB5068164) throws an error WINDOWS 10!
Hello everyone!
Around October this year I tried updating my PC which resulted in an error I haven't encountered before (screenshots will be uploaded), so I tried google-ing the error and try to understand more about it. Information on the internet suggested that I have a problem with my WinRE (windows recovery environment), so as someone might guess I tried fixing it. I quickly discovered that my WinRE is not even turned on which lead to an ever bigger discovery - my windows recovery partition was either too small or corrupted. It turned out to be the first one (too small). Internet pages like https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5068164-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-october-14-2025-8fdc399d-0ac1-4022-81bd-7127e91933ec recommended rebuilding it while making it even bigger than before so you have space for the update which is exactly what I did. There was a link with instructions of course, so https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf it is. Well, it did not work. After that I tried solutions from other articles which only made me lose my time on this. My last hope was to install this specific update from the Windows update catalog, however when returning to the first mentioned page (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5068164-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-october-14-2025-8fdc399d-0ac1-4022-81bd-7127e91933ec) I saw that the update is registered only in Windows Update service and specifically there. Which means there is no other way to install it other than to just click update in settings.
If anyone has had this problem and fixed it somehow, please don't mind sharing your way of dealing with it. People who have not experienced it, but think they might help, everything is greatly appreciated!