Can’t install updates KB5063523 & KB5042320 after manually enabling WinRE

JoMcKen-9333 80 Reputation points
2025-08-26T08:11:50.6266667+00:00

A few weeks ago I was forced to reimage my system drive using Acronis True Image, which fixed the issues I was having. However, the reimaging process somehow disabled my system’s Windows Recovery Environment. A few days ago, I looked up how to manually re-enable WinRE and, after some troubleshooting (I got the “image was not found” error, so I had to extract the Winre.wim image file from my Win10 v22H2 ISO and save it to Windows\System32\Recovery before “reagentc /enable” finally worked), I finally got WinRE working again.

Since then, Windows Update has been showing me two available updates, KB5063523 and KB5042320, both of which are apparently WinRE updates. However, whenever I try to install either update, I get an “internal error” message, and nothing installs.

I’ve tried deleting the SoftwareDistribution and catroot2 folders, which didn’t help.

To save some time, here’s the info that was requested of someone else with a similar problem in another thread:

Disk Management screenshot:

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Command Prompt WinRE & Windows version info:

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And finally, a ZIP of my C:\Windows\Logs\WinREAgent folder (original post suggests OneDrive or GoFile.io, neither of which I use, so I hope Dropbox is okay):

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rnkpl4qppq3c3fewu7ot9/WinREAgent.zip?rlkey=ropuils9oxzzdb5gzddad0bbp&e=1&dl=0

Please let me know if any further info is needed.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
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Ramesh Srinivasan 90,210 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-08-27T12:22:55.4666667+00:00

That's it. Now, please run this command:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "WinREVersion" /d "10.0.19041.6094" /f

Restart Windows and check for updates. Hopefully the July 2025 WinRE update shouldn't appear.

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  1. Ramesh Srinivasan 90,210 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-08-27T10:27:40.3433333+00:00

    Please run:

    Dism /Image:C:\mount\winre /Get-Packages

    Post the output.

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  2. Ramesh Srinivasan 90,210 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-08-27T09:47:52.88+00:00

    Please run the following commands:

    Dism /Add-Package /Image:C:\mount\winre /PackagePath:"c:\winre\KB5062691.cab"

Dism /image:C:\mount\winre /cleanup-image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

    Post the output.

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  3. Ramesh Srinivasan 90,210 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-08-27T09:17:24.5766667+00:00

    Hi Joé,

    Ok. Looking forward to assisting you.

    Regards,

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  4. Ramesh Srinivasan 90,210 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-08-26T22:03:12.5333333+00:00

    Hi Joé,

    Option 2 won't modify your Windows installation or settings in any way. It only affects the WinRE image.

    Please delete or rename the C:\$WinREAgent folder. If required, run those unmount commands you ran earlier.

    Download the following cab file.

    windows10.0-kb5062691-x64_02ecb663f53e859b604efdb29c7b98232bfa025e.cab

    Save it to a folder in the C drive -- e.g., C:\WinRE

    Rename the CAB file to a shorter name, say KB5062691.cab

    Move the freshly extracted Winre.wim to C:\WinRE.

    From **admin **Command Prompt, run:

    md c:\mount\winre 

Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\winre\winre.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\mount\winre

    Post the output.

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