Solved Revisiting KB5035942 running every day

rzn6jw · Apr 6, 2025

I found an entry in the Setup log from 2/25/2025 that showed the package that would have installed KB5035942 failed (see attached). Shortly after, my problem with KB5035942 installing every day started. It CONTINUES to run EVERY DAY!!! However, I cannot find ANY entry in the logs that say KB5035942 has run, yet it messes up my applications every day.

Can the install failure back in February set some kind of 'external trigger' somewhere, say Microsoft, that says 'OK there was a failure, run this until it installs'? It seems to me that this is being set off externally for some reason. Please, someone help stop this nightmare.

thecaretaker · Apr 6, 2025

Try running "Dism /Online /CleanUp-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore" with an elivated command prompt.

If it says you have 2 unreclaimable packages, it might be worth running Bree's rollout fix. Mine was trying to update everyday, it's a common thing, but now mine just remains listed under other updates.

Found in this thread How-to-remove-the-two-un-reclaimable-that-always-show-in-dism

It fixed them for me!

rzn6jw · Apr 6, 2025

Thanks for your help!! Ran the DISM commands and went from 7 reclaimable packages to 0 reclaimable packages. Before I close this thread, I will wait until tomorrow morning to see if KB5035942 runs again (apparently runs sometime during the night). I will return then but thanks very much for your help. See you tomorrow.

Ghot · Apr 6, 2025

rzn6jw said:
See you tomorrow.

Sleep well.

antspants · Apr 6, 2025

rzn6jw said:
I will wait until tomorrow morning to see if KB5035942 runs again

If it’s still happening, you could try resetting Windows Update.

Reset Windows Update in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to completely reset Windows Update components and policies to default in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Update keeps Windows 11 updated by automatically downloading and installing the latest updates, drivers, and hotfixes released by Microsoft. Sometimes you...

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rzn6jw · Apr 7, 2025

Well, the blasted thing ran again this morning logging me off everything I had open from the night before. Will try the reset Windows Update and see what happens.

rzn6jw · Apr 7, 2025

Tried resetting Windows update through the .bat file procedure and it failed because Norton Security would not allow the cryptographic services to shut down. Any ideas on how to shut it down without uninstalling Norton?

rzn6jw · Apr 8, 2025

OK, I uninstalled Norton and ran the following:

net stop wuauserv

net stop cryptSvc

net stop bits

net stop msiserver

ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old

net start wuauserv

net start cryptSvc

net start bits

net start msiserver

Reinstalled Norton and rebooted.

Now I'll wait until tomorrow morning to see if KB5035942 runs again. Back then.

antspants · Apr 8, 2025

You might want to run Windows update and see if it solves any issues.
Todays 24H2 updates:

KB5055523 Windows 11 Cumulative Update build 26100.3775 (24H2) - April 8

UPDATE 4/25: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/kb5055627-windows-11-cumulative-update-preview-build-26100-3915-24h2-april-25.35536/ Microsoft Support: April 8, 2025 - KB5055523 (OS Build 26100.3775) For information about Windows update terminology, see types of Windows updates and the monthly...

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KB5054979 Cumulative Update .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 (24H2) - April 8

Microsoft Support: March 27, 2025 - KB5054979 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11, version 24H2 IMPORTANT This update was originally released in the Security and Quality Rollup that’s dated April 8, 2025. This update is included in the Security and Quality Rollup...

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Short of that working; I would highly recommend a Repair Install In-Place Upgrade:

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

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rzn6jw · Apr 9, 2025

After all that, KB503594 still ran this morning. Where is the trigger on this? Nothing is displayed in any log showing that it ran. I have done the repair install Windows 11 twice and KB503594 still runs. Will try installing the two updates and see what happens.

KB 5054979 was already installed. Updated with KB5055523. Now we wait until tomorrow morning.

Ed Tittel · Apr 9, 2025

I'd been having the same kind of problem (different CU, otherwise same behavior). After the Patch Tuesday updates came out yesterday, I ran Settings > System > Recovery > Reinstall now (built-in in-place update repair install) and it fixed the issue. Now on Build 26100.3775. I did, however, have to run Bree's DISM command to get those 2 spurious reclaimables back out of WinSxS. Sigh.
--Ed--
See Repair Install Unsticks WU - Ed Tittel for more particulars.

rzn6jw · Apr 9, 2025

Ran Bree's DISM and got 0 reclaimable packages after clean up (there was 1 before the clean up). Won't the reinstall delete all apps, etc? I would rather reinstall an ISO where I can keep all my apps. Essentially the same thing isn't it?

Ed Tittel · May 12, 2025

@Bree: I've got 4 spurious reclaimables showing up in Windows 11 Build 26100.3915. They don't show the behavioral pattern of being superseded and feature pack items. Instead, I've got over 50 superseded packages, and over 60 staged packages in WinSxS. Not sure how to clean this up, so I'm running an in-place upgrade repair install. What do you think?
--Ed--

Bree · May 12, 2025

Ed Tittel said:
@Bree: I've got 4 spurious reclaimables showing up in Windows 11 Build 26100.3915. They don't show the behavioral pattern of being superseded and feature pack items. Instead, I've got over 50 superseded packages, and over 60 staged packages in WinSxS. Not sure how to clean this up, so I'm running an in-place upgrade repair install. What do you think?

That's a lot of packages. I don't think I've ever seen that many in the 26100 General Availability channel. When I first started seeing these, years ago in the Beta builds, an in-place upgrade would make them go away. But they had a habit of reappearing after the next cumulative update.

My 26100.3915 has zero. There were two originally, but got rid of them both while on build 26100.2033 by uninstalling just one package. There have been two CUs since then and they haven't returned.

Bree said:
I have found that if I uninstall just the Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~26100.1742.1.10 package, in doing so the Microsoft-Windows-FodMetadataServicing-Desktop-Metadata-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.26100.1742 package gets removed at the same time.

24H2 - how to remove the two (un)reclaimable that always show in DISM

If you haven't yet removed your Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~26100.1742.1.10 package then try doing so. It seems to be some sort of 'composite' package with more that just the one package in it.

rzn6jw · May 12, 2025

For some reason, KB5035349 and KB5035942 ran in the early morning of 4/18/25. KB5035942 hasn't been an issue since then. Hopefully, this is the last I'll see of it. Thanks for all your help.

Bree · May 12, 2025

Ed Tittel said:
I'm running an in-place upgrade repair install. What do you think?

That will reinstate the Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~26100.1742.1.10. You'll always have two uninstallable packages unless you remove that package.

After my last post I discovered that one of my VMs of 26100.3915 had 11 unreclaimable packages. So I tried the 'Fix problems with Windows Update' reinstall. Arter a cleanup it was down to 2 unreclaimable packages, and removing the 1742 RollupFix brought it down to zero. We'll see after the next PT CU if it stays fixed.... :crossed

Ed Tittel · May 13, 2025

@Bree: You are absolutely correct. And here's one for the record books: after the recent update in the Beta channel to Build 26120.3984 I had 44 (!) reclaimable packages after running dism ... /analyzecomponentstore. Upon subsequently running dism ... /startcomponentcleanup, that number dropped to 0 (zero). Cheers!
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