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How To: Use PowerShell to Check Pending Reboot
How To: Use PowerShell to Check Pending Reboot
- Ryan Seymour
Owned by Ryan Seymour
Jun 19, 2024
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Overview
This document will cover using PowerShell to check for any pending reboots.
Prerequisites
Administrator access to Windows PowerShell
Instructions
Open PowerShell as Administrator
Run the following command
$pendingReboot = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($pendingReboot -ne $null) {
Write-Host "Pending reboot detected."
} else {
Write-Host "No pending reboot found."
}Here is a sample of the output that is returned when no reboot is needed:
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