Issue

During re-installation of software, sometimes we encounter the message “Please reboot before installing any more programs”.

If we are sure that there’s no need to reboot computer, proceed with the workaround below.

Resource: Message “Please reboot before installing any more programs” – ID: 8861819 – Industry Support Siemens

Workaround

Registry Editor

Open the registry editor by starting regedit application.

Check whether there’s any value in the following path:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager and key PendingFileRenameOperations
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Command

%SystemRoot%\System32\reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" /v PendingFileRenameOperations /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d "" /f

Registry Explanation

The entries in this key are to be interpreted as follows: Windows generates two lines for each file concerned.

Deletion of file

If the even line of the key is empty, it means that the file has been registered to be deleted.

Rename of file

If there is an entry in the even lines, that is the new name for the file in the line before.

Last modified: 30 September 2023