Reboot after deployment

[Urs Vogel]

Hi

I deploy a Windows Service which requires a reboot after setup. The setup
project, however, does not automatically recognize this requirement.How do I
force a reboot (or set a reboot property) in the setup project (VS 2003)?
Any hints are appreciated.

Thanks, Urs

 

[John Smith]

I dont know how to do it using a native framework technique, but here is a
tip: An ExitWindowsEx API call can be used to shutdown, logoff, restart,
power off ...

 

[scorpion53061]

Hi,

You need orca.exe to edit the setup msi. Open the msi with orca.
Go to the properties table and right click in the table and select add
new
row. Add the property REBOOT and set its value to FORCE. Set the
property
folderForm_allusers to all if you want to install for everyone instead
of
me. Orca is part of the windows installer sdk.

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/

or see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/forcereboot_action.asp

 

[Urs Vogel]

Thanks. I'll download the SDK then.

Hi,

You need orca.exe to edit the setup msi. Open the msi with orca.
Go to the properties table and right click in the table and select add new
row. Add the property REBOOT and set its value to FORCE. Set the
property
folderForm_allusers to all if you want to install for everyone instead of
me. Orca is part of the windows installer sdk.

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/

or see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/forcereboot_action.asp

 

[Chris Calzaretta]

Depends on what your using for an OS but if it is xp or 2003 you can shell
out the command to reboot


Shutdown /r
There are lots more options