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How To: Use PowerShell to Check Pending Reboot

How To: Use PowerShell to Check Pending Reboot

Owned by Ryan Seymour
Jun 19, 2024
1 min read

Overview

This document will cover using PowerShell to check for any pending reboots.

Prerequisites

Administrator access to Windows PowerShell

Instructions

  1. Open PowerShell as Administrator

  2. 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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