coders » windows http://www.gehacktes.net The Limits of My Language Mean the Limits of My World - Ludwig Wittgenstein Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:33:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Installation/Removal of a Previous Program Was Not Completed http://www.gehacktes.net/2008/10/the-installationremoval-of-a-previous-program-was-not-completed/ http://www.gehacktes.net/2008/10/the-installationremoval-of-a-previous-program-was-not-completed/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:07:02 +0000 fschaper http://www.gehacktes.net/?p=17 One thing about program behaviour under windows that really bugs me is the insistence of various programs and setup-wizards to restart my machine every now and then. 

The problem here in most cases, is that some program (or the system itself) is still having open file handles to the software in question. Maybe you didn’t stop your application, have an open explorer window pointing to the application directory, … you get my meaning.

To convince the setup wizard to comply with your wishes and install the program without you having to restart your machine simply delete the following registry key using regedit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations

Now restart your installation.

As always, you better know what you are doing here.

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