How to force a reboot at end of installation

CChong · ‎Nov 20, 2003

Hi Everyone,

I'm curious as to how to force a reboot at the end of a package. I've tried adding the property REBOOT=FORCE and also the Schedulereboot action, with no luck. Obviously I am doing something wrong, does anyone have step by step isntructions on how to set this up? For something so simple (I come from a Zenworks background, its just a checkbox in that) it seems very complicated to do.

I know you can do it from the command line parameters, but I really need the MSI itself to trigger the reboot

Thanks

Paul

TsungH · ‎Nov 20, 2003

What do you mean by "with no luck"? Does it prompt for a reboot at all? Or it does prompt for reboot, but it does not reboot after clicking Yes? Or it does not prompt, and does not reboot?

CChong · ‎Nov 20, 2003

Sorry, it was my mistake, I installed the custom action in the wrong place, its all working fine now 🙂 Sorry about my silly question!

CChong · ‎Aug 09, 2004

I've been fighting for 4 days trying to get a repackaged MSI to reboot at the end of its install. How do you set an MSI to Reboot at the end of the install.

RobertDickau · ‎Aug 09, 2004

If you want it always to reboot, perhaps add the REBOOT property to the Property table with value Force.

CChong · ‎Aug 09, 2004

Tried that, It Still Doesn't Reboot.

I am attempting to Do Silent Installs BTW.

I Found the RebootPromt Custom Action, but it doesn't Reboot until Some one logs in. Any other Possibilities?

Thanks
Jeff

RobertDickau · ‎Aug 10, 2004

I assume you've tried adding the ScheduleReboot action to the sequences...

Have you created a log file during installation? That might hold some clues...

CChong · ‎Aug 10, 2004

Have Tried the Schedule Reboot Option. Hadn't Thought of the Log File. Will Try that.

Thanks