How to suppress Restart Manager prompt
In the new Windows Installer 4.0, Restart Manager was introduced to minimize system reboots. Does anyone know, how do we suppress this dialog? I want it because it closes the running program/process and restarts it after installation but I want it to do it silently. Using the switch </qn> does the trick but I wonder if there are any property that can handle this. I've googled for some properties but they doesn't apply. I've tried playing around with the following but didn't help
MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL
MSIDISABLERMRESTART
MSIRMSHUTDOWN
RestartManagerOption=CloseRestart
MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL
MSIDISABLERMRESTART
MSIRMSHUTDOWN
RestartManagerOption=CloseRestart
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Posted by:
PackageExpert
14 years ago
Just to share with everyone that the MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL property to the MST and setting the value to Disable did the trick. No prompts to user and the action were done silently. Just sharing if it helps anyone else
Posted by:
abking99
14 years ago
MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL should work.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370377(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370377(VS.85).aspx
Posted by:
PackageExpert
14 years ago
i tried it doesnt... MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL disable the Restart Manager which is not what i intend to do..
i want it, but without prompting me..
i want it, but without prompting me..
Posted by:
abking99
14 years ago
I have tried it on vista, and I am sure, it will not prompt you for running process. I have done it, 7-8 months back, may be i miss something...
Posted by:
PackageExpert
14 years ago
hmm i should try again, maybe it disable interaction with RM and prompts for a reboot at the end of the installation instead//thats what the previous FileInUse does.... because updating an in-use file required a reboot, and RM was designed to elevate this by closing the fileinuse before install and restart after install and prevent a reboot... ill try it out...thanks anyway
Posted by:
kiptek
14 years ago
Share your Knowledge...
where are you setting the value? Quoting MSDN:
The value of this property can be modified using customization transforms or upgrades. Changing the value of this property from custom actions has no effect.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370377%28VS.85%29.aspx
Posted by:
PackageExpert
14 years ago
I would want the installer to Interact with RM and sets the value to 1 to automatically close the running process and restart it after installation without a reboot.
Do u means we can't add a property in the MSI? is has to be a transform?
Do u means we can't add a property in the MSI? is has to be a transform?
Posted by:
Lilly.sony
4 years ago
in customactions and sequences of msi, look for SetREBOOTtrue property and change the property name REBOOT to Property value Suppress, and if property called as SetRebootYesNoTrue exist, chnage it's property value to F.
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