Microsoft confirms Microsoft Windows 11 KB5034848 problems

Microsoft is conscious of a problem that causes some Microsoft Windows updatess to fail, nevertheless it has nonetheless shipped Microsoft Windows 11 KB5034848 with the bug. As a consequence, a few of it’s possible you’ll run into set up issues after downloading the KB5034848 updates, which is required to activate the non-obligatory Moment 5 options. This updates additionally crashes explorer.exe on reboot.

KB5034848 is an non-obligatory updates, so it won’t obtain or set up routinely in your system.

However, suppose you verify for updatess and manually choose ‘download and install’ on the Microsoft Windows Update web page within the hope of getting Microsoft Windows 11 Moment 5. In that case, the patch will repeatedly fail with the next errors: 0x800f0922, 0x800f0982 and 0x80070002.

I’ve personally skilled the set up failures on certainly one of our my gadgets when making an attempt to put in KB5034848. As proven within the above screenshot, the patch titled “2024-02 Cumulative Update Preview for Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034848)” fails with “Install error – 0x80070002”.

But that’s not the one error a few of it’s possible you’ll encounter. In our exams, we additionally skilled a problem the place Microsoft Windows tried a reboot however instantly began rolling back the updates. In some instances, the method failed at 96%, with the Microsoft Windows Update stating:

“Something didn’t go as planned. No need to worry – undoing changes. Please keep your computer on”.

Microsoft confirms Microsoft Windows 11 KB5034848 issues

In an announcement, Microsoft confirmed it’s conscious of studies that the February 29 updates may fail to put in.

Additionally, the corporate’s assist employees advised me Microsoft Windows Update failures could be resolved in an upcoming launch, however no specifics had been promised.

The good latests is there’s a workaround. If you’re affected and unable to put in any updates from Microsoft Windows Update, you may attempt deleting the hidden folder C:$WinREAgent by heading to File Explorer > Local Disk C (or system drive), however first make certain the hidden folders or information are seen:

• In File Explorer, choose Options, and click on View tab.
  
• From there, choose Show hidden information, folders, and drives possibility. Finally, click on OK to save lots of the adjustments and shut the window.

Now, you may return to the system drive the place Microsoft Windows is put in and delete the C:$WinREAgent folder.

Or you may open Command Prompt (admin) and run the next command to delete the folder:

 rd /s /q "C:$WinREAgent"

Once achieved, verify for updatess once more or reboot the system and take a look at checking for updatess.

Explorer.exe remains to be crashing for some folks

A bug that crashes explorer.exe when rebooting Microsoft Windows was first reported in KB5034204 (January 2024 Update) and remains to be current within the February 2024 non-obligatory updates.

Microsoft Windows 11’s February 2024 non-obligatory updates additionally causes a problem the place the explorer.exe course of crashes, particularly when restarting or turning off the system.

One person advised us that after taking part in video games, after they attempt to shut down their PC, they get an error message about explorer.exe:

“The instruction at 0x00007FFB20563ACa referenced memory at 0x0000000000000024. The memory could not be written. Click on OK to terminate the program,” the error message titled “explorer.exe – Application Error”.

This suggests an issue with how the File Explorer’s reminiscence was used. Unfortunately, we’re unaware of any workaround that might repair explorer.exe crashes. You can both uninstall the updates or select to put in the error that pops up on each reboot.

So far, it stays unclear what brought about the crash and whether or not Microsoft is investigating these studies. I’ve requested the corporate for more particulars and can updates this text after I hear back.