Check if reboot is pending (windows 10 and 11)

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I need to check if there is a pending reboot before installing my software. If there is a pending reboot, stop the installation, otherwise continue the installation. Does anyone know how to do this in deploy-application.ps1?

2

Here is piece of what I use do deal with pending reboots:

$PendingRebootInfo = Get-PendingReboot
If ($PendingRebootInfo.IsSystemRebootPending) {
	Write-log "Pending Reboots found"
	If ($runningTaskSequence) {
		Write-log "INSIDE TASK SEQUENCE: Ignoring pending reboots" -Severity 2

	} Else {
		Write-log "NOT Running inside a task sequence. " -Severity 2

	}		
} Else {
	Write-Log "No pending reboot detected. Continuing install..." 
}
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I also have this extra function in case there are some other pending reboot factors.
I did not find (I know it’s my fault) the tags for sharing code.

function Test-PendingReboot
{
    if (Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\RebootPending" -EA Ignore) { return $true }
    if (Get-Item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired" -EA Ignore) { return $true }
    if (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" -Name PendingFileRenameOperations -EA Ignore) { return $true }
    if (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ControlSet001\Session Manager" -Name PendingFileRenameOperations -EA Ignore) { return $true }
    if (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ControlSet002\Session Manager" -Name PendingFileRenameOperations -EA Ignore) { return $true }

    try 
    { 
    $util = [wmiclass]"\\.\root\ccm\clientsdk:CCM_ClientUtilities"
    $status = $util.DetermineIfRebootPending()
    if(($status -ne $null) -and $status.RebootPending)
    {
        return $true
    }
    }
    catch
    {
    }

 return $false
}
4

Some great tips in this one, I have a couple of apps/vendors where the setup.exe or MSI will not run if it detects a pending reboot.