It is possible to use Restart Manager to avoid the reboot (it will stop
explorer.exe and restart it during the upgrade) if no other users are logged in.
> From: nicolas.alva...@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:57:04 -0300
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to handle a context menu component on
> install/upgrade?
>
> 2013/9/30 victorwhiskey <victorhwhis...@yahoo.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to install/upgrade a component that is a context menu handler.
> > I'm trying to see how others do this, especially on upgrade. When upgrading
> > the component is installed and explorer is using it. Is it possible to do a
> > upgrade without restarting explorer and without rebooting the machine?
>
> It's impossible to avoid restarting explorer. If explorer has the DLL
> loaded, the file is locked and you can't replace it.
>
> But I'm curious if it's possible to use Restart Manager to restart
> explorer alone instead of rebooting the whole machine...
>
> --
> Nicolás
>
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