CustomAction to not reboot at the end of an install

[MattQVI]

Currently, at the end of my install the user is prompted with you might want to reboot.  However, as this is happening the service and it's UI that I just installed is starting up.  So I am looking to suppress the reboot dialog.

I tried creating a CustomAction to set ISSCHEDULEREBOOT 0 but it doesn't seem to work.

Whatever I can do to meet this requirement can not impact a prerequisite like .NET 4.6.2 from causing a reboot if it's needed.

Thank you in advance for any and all suggestions.

[Jenifer]

Hi @MattQVI ,

Did you try setting rebootyesno property to "No" which you can find under Property Manager?

BEHAVIOR AND LOGIC->Property Manager

As well msi properties like RebootPrompt,REBOOT also can do the job for you.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/rebootprompt

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/reboot

Thanks,

Jenifer

[MattQVI]

Jenifer,

Thank you for the information.

I believe that I did try setting RebootYesNo to No but I might have had ISSCHEDULEREBOOT still in the Property Manager.  What I found worked was removing the ISSCHEDULEREBOOT and left RebootYesNo as Yes and the prompt stopped occurring.

Matt

[MattQVI]

Can a CA be created that sets the value of REBOOT or REBOOTPROMPT?  Would I have to add the value (whichever one I choose to use) to the Property Manager?

[Jenifer]

Hi @MattQVI ,

If you could make it working by making RebootYesNo to No with removal of ISSCHEDULEREBOOT that is what you are expecting i guess.

Do you still require custom action to achieve this?

If your answer is yes,you can sequence it under Custom Actions and Sequences in the Execute Sequence which can be a standard action named NoReboot with properties been set to REBOOTPROMPT=S and REBOOT=ReallySuppress

Question:Would I have to add the value (whichever one I choose to use) to the Property Manager?

Answer:If it is MSI property you wouldn't need to add that to property manager unless until you need to initialize with your own custom value.

Thanks,

Jenifer