Pending Rebot Status on many computers how to clear
All Windows Platforms Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 7 Windows 2012 R2, Windows 16, Windows 19
I run a script that reports pending reboots on each computer on my network.
I recently changed this script because the one I was using failed to connect to all my computers. Needed Remote Registry Service running and other winrm issues.
I discovered this after trying to install Exchange Management Tools on my New Windows 10 Pro computer , It keep telling me I had a pending restart.
So after some digging and some help from you guys I found this value in my registry that caused the problem
"PendingFileRenameOperations" is the Key
I ran this command against all my computers and this is an example of what I found
Those are system files generated automatically after a printer driver update. They should not appear as pending file operations. I have no clue why they do. But maybe a clean install of printer drivers resolves this issue.
Any thoughts on why the value comes back even after I remove/delete the key?
Last night I deleted the key on this machine and now today
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These are similar entries on most of my machines.