[wix-devs] windows updates/upgrades

Thu Jan 17 20:31:40 PST 2019

The property is set by Windows Installer on your behalf, no matter what/who created the entries. So yes, after running Windows Update, this property in subsequently run MSIs could be set

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To: Blair Murri
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Subject: Re: [wix-devs] windows updates/upgrades

Thanks, that worked. But this property is set from any msi based installer, or if there is an operation pending to rename a file. That could happen from windows updates or any other installer as well. Correct?
Let's say, I write an installer A which does pending to rename file. Then in installer B I check if pending a reboot via MsiSystemRebootPending. Installer B will detect the property set.

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On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 at 04:36, Blair Murri <osito at live.com<mailto:osito at live.com>> wrote:
If the property name's casing is changed at all (like making it all caps) it won't work at all.

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Subject: Re: [wix-devs] windows updates/upgrades

Yeah, but MSISYTEMREBOOTREQUIRED property didn't work for me, so I had to make a custom action and use WuaLib and take advantage of it SystemInformation.
here's a sample code, that worked fine for me.
    Type type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Microsoft.Update.SystemInfo");
    SystemInformation systemInfo = (SystemInformation)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
    bool rebootRequired = systemInfo.RebootRequired;

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On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 16:54, Blair Murri <osito at live.com<mailto:osito at live.com>> wrote:
As I understand it, if there are pending file renames (including removals) that will be performed during the next boot, this property will be set (in the MSI transaction). All Windows system updates I've ever looked at that have requested a reboot have registered file renames, but there's definitely a possible codepath for a reboot request without registering file renames.

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Subject: Re: [wix-devs] windows updates/upgrades

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

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

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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.

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dutil.lib has wuautil.h that has WuaRestartRequired().

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Subject: [wix-devs] windows updates/upgrades

Anyone know if there is a way to detect windows pending updates (or major
upgrades) pending via WiX?

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Adnan Shaheen.
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