[wix-devs] windows updates/upgrades

[Adnan Shaheen]

So will MsiSystemRebootPending work if windows is pending reboot after
installing updates?

Regards:
Adnan Shaheen.


On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 at 08:08, Christopher Painter via wix-devs <
wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> I believe that only gets triggered on PendingFileRenameOperations.   I
> thought the original question was a broader detect everything pending not
> just pending reboots.
>
>
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>
> Windows Installer automatically sets a property named
> MsiSystemRebootPending, IIRC. No CA needed
>
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> Mensching via wix-devs <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
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> I do think it is used in Burn to set the RestartRequired (or whatever it
> is called) variable. Could be used in a CA but I don't think such exists
> today.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Painter <chrpai at iswix.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2019 10:40 AM
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>
> Interesting.  I never leared C++ on Windows so I never use that library.
>    Does that logic get surfaced anywhere else such as extension to enable a
> <PropertyRef Id="WuaRestartRequred" />   That would be a neat feature to
> use with a Condition if it did.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Rob
> Mensching via wix-devs
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>
> dutil.lib has wuautil.h that has WuaRestartRequired().
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Adnan
> Shaheen via wix-devs
> Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2019 5:52 AM
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> Cc: Adnan Shaheen <shaheen4qau at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wix-devs] windows updates/upgrades
>
> Anyone know if there is a way to detect windows pending updates (or major
> upgrades) pending via WiX?
>
> Regards:
> Adnan Shaheen.
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