- Windows 10 recently obtained a patch to the recovery environment
- Some users see an error message saying that the patch failed to install
- In fact, the update installed very well and the error message is the error
Some Windows 10 users meet an error message after applying a new correction for the operating system, informing them that the update has failed – when in fact it did not.
Neowin has spotted the update in question (known as KB5057589) which was published last week (separately from the main cumulative update for April) and Tinkers with the Windows recovery environment (Winre) on certain Windows 10 PCs (versions 9:2 p.m.2 a.m. and 10:2 p.m.).
Far from all Windows 10 users, then, but those who do it could be confronted with an error message after installation (which is visible in the Windows Update Settings).
It reads as follows: “0x80070643 – error_install_failure.”
It seems alarming, of course, and seeing this, you will make the hypothesis just that the update has failed. However, as mentioned, the error is not with the update, but the real error message itself.
Microsoft explains: “This error message is not precise and has no impact on the update or device functionality. Although the error message suggests that the update is not completed, the Winre update is generally successfully applied after restarting the device.”
Microsoft also notes that the update can continue to appear as “stranded” (when it has not done it) before the next checking of updates, after which the error message must be deleted from your system.
Analysis: Bogues in bugs
There is nothing wrong here, in short, with the exception of the error itself, but it will confuse people, and perhaps send them useless – and potentially long – rabbit holes – in order to find additional information, or a solution to a problem that does not exist.
The problem is what aggravates is that the whole Winre debacle was a longtime affair. A patch for this was previously published in January 2025 more recently, and there were others before, with some people assistant to repeated installations of this Winre fix, which is confusing in itself.
This is why these rabbit holes that you could lose could eventually seem so deep if you can’t take Microsoft’s clarifications on this subject.
Microsoft says it works to resolve this wandering error and let us know when it will happen. At least, you are now armed with knowledge that the update should be well despite what error – in the capitals of the plastered block on your screen – tells you (and it should be erased from your PC in a short time).
