How to Extend the Windows RE Partition Using PowerShell

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KB5034441 is a WinRE security update that patches the Winre.wim image. The Recovery partition needs 250 MB of free space for the KB5034441 update to install correctly.

Almost every Windows 10 user has been affected by the KB5034441 error 0x80070643. You can extend the Recovery partition using the diskpart command-line. However, end-users might find that command-line procedure complicated.

So, here’s a PowerShell script from Microsoft that automatically extends the Recovery partition by 250 MB.Read more

[Fix] VCLibs UWPDesktop 14.0.33728.0 x64 “Bad Image” Error

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Summary: In this article, we’ll learn how to repair the VCLibs UWPDesktop 14.0.33728.0 x64 modules. The procedure is similar to the VCLibs x64 14.0.33519.0 “Bad Image” error fix we saw in an earlier article.

When you launch Notepad, Store, Paint, Photos, or any other Store app on a Windows 11 system, the “Bad Image” error may occur.Read more

How to Refresh Thumbnails of Folder Shortcuts (.lnk)

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When you create a desktop shortcut to a folder, the folder shortcut thumbnail icon reflects what was in the folder it points to at creation. Later, when you add or remove files to the target folder, the folder thumbnails get updated dynamically, but the folder shortcut thumbnails remain the same. Even pressing F5 does not refresh the folder shortcut thumbs.

As you may have known, you can refresh the folder shortcut thumbnails by clearing and rebuilding the thumbnail cache. But here’s a simpler script solution to refresh the folder shortcut thumbnails without rebuilding the thumbnails cache.Read more

Metadata staging failed with Error 0x80070490 – DeviceSetupManager 131

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If you open the Event Viewer, the Microsoft-Windows-DeviceSetupManager/Admin event log may have hundreds of DeviceSetupManager (Event ID: 131) entries. The entries contain the following data: Metadata staging failed, result=0x80070490 for container ‘{GUID}’ (or) Metadata staging failed, result=0x800704D9 for container ‘{GUID}’ The above events are generated by the Device Setup Manager (DsmSvc) service, which enables the … Read more