The MSI log file usually says what file causes the reboot.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Tony Juricic <tjuri...@tradestation.com>wrote:

> I have verbose log and this is all the extra info that I find about the
> cause of the reboot:
> MSI (s) (4C:E8) [18:33:27:219]: RESTART MANAGER: Did detect that the client
> process of this installation holds file[s] in use, so a reboot will be
> necessary.
>
> Is there any way to find out which files MSI sees as being in use? My
> program is definitely not running as I can see in Task Manager.
>
> Message that is displayed in a MessageBox is not much more informative. I
> hoped to see the list of files in use but instead I just get this generic
> message saying:
> The setup must update files or services that cannot be updated while the
> system is running. If you choose to continue, a reboot will be required to
> complete the setup.
>
> Reboot that ensues does not even give user the option (as  normally happens
> otherwise) to close open applications.
>
> I have applied quite few patches so far and this problem did not occur. It
> started with the latest patch application and I am quite at loss, after
> making sure that my program is not running, what could have suddenly caused
> MSI to see it as holding files open.
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