Disable pending reboots

crono_logical · November 23rd, 2003

How would I disable a pending reboot (and possibly manually perform any pending file/registry operations, if any) without actually rebooting? Is there someplace in the registry I need to be looking? I want to run an installer, but can't reboot the machine at the moment, but the installer won't run due to a pending reboot from a previous uninstall of an unrelated program.

Thanks

crono_logical · November 24th, 2003

Never mind, I found it, I'll post where it is for anyone else that's curious.

The registry path is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

and the key with the interesting stuff is PendingFileOperations.

I don't know if this applies to other than WinXP though, though I wouldn't be surprised if it did for Win2k and Win2k3.

**NetRyder** · November 24th, 2003

Ooh, interesting. Thanks for posting your find. I didn't know this myself, and I'm sure not many people do, so it's useful for future reference.

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**Enyo** · November 24th, 2003

I have talked about it here at NTFS before, somewhere.

Yes it does apply to XP, all NT based OSes indeed support this. Its generally used during installation scripts but is also useful to replace in use files.

Generally you will not want to interfere with the process, if a pending operation is waiting don't just remove it, reboot and clear the item so that the process can complete properly.

Due to the fact the operations are all held under the one entry you may find it easier to use the tool provided rather than manually editing the value data if multiple operations are pending.

The tool to automatically view, add and remove operations for this function is here.

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crono_logical Bird Eater Joined: March 2004 Location: In the jungle, waiting to eat you... Posts: 92 Reputation: 10 Power: 100	Disable pending reboots How would I disable a pending reboot (and possibly manually perform any pending file/registry operations, if any) without actually rebooting? Is there someplace in the registry I need to be looking? I want to run an installer, but can't reboot the machine at the moment, but the installer won't run due to a pending reboot from a previous uninstall of an unrelated program. Thanks

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Ooh, interesting. Thanks for posting your find. I didn't know this myself, and I'm sure not many people do, so it's useful for future reference. Thread Moved to Operating Systems http://kunal.kundaje.net

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November 24th, 2003	Top \| #2
crono_logical Bird Eater Joined: March 2004 Location: In the jungle, waiting to eat you... Posts: 92 Reputation: 10 Power: 100	Never mind, I found it, I'll post where it is for anyone else that's curious. The registry path is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager and the key with the interesting stuff is PendingFileOperations. I don't know if this applies to other than WinXP though, though I wouldn't be surprised if it did for Win2k and Win2k3.

November 24th, 2003	Top \| #4
Enyo OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: February 2003 Posts: 1,338 Reputation: 330 Power: 130	I have talked about it here at NTFS before, somewhere. Yes it does apply to XP, all NT based OSes indeed support this. Its generally used during installation scripts but is also useful to replace in use files. Generally you will not want to interfere with the process, if a pending operation is waiting don't just remove it, reboot and clear the item so that the process can complete properly. Due to the fact the operations are all held under the one entry you may find it easier to use the tool provided rather than manually editing the value data if multiple operations are pending. The tool to automatically view, add and remove operations for this function is here.