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Resolving Exchange 2010 Error “A reboot from a previous installation is pending”

Paul Ryan | February 23rd, 2015 | exchange 2010

Installing the Exchange server in exchange 2010 is not a tough job for Exchange Server Administrator. However, sometimes they face an Exchange error  message “A reboot from a previous installation is pending” while installing the Exchange Server. The error is generated by exchange server analyzer.

The Exchange Server Analyzer softwares are used to

  • Verify the Connectivity.
  • Solve issues related to Exchange Topology.
  • Find out the issues with the configuration and performance of Exchange Server.

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The free exchange server analyzer tools developed by Microsoft are:

  • Troubleshooting Assistant
  • Remote Connectivity Analyzer
  • Best Practices Analyzer

The Exchange Server Analyzer software generally gathers the configuration and remotely analyze it.

Main Cause of the Error “A reboot from a previous installation is pending”

The Error is created by the Exchange Server Analyzer that gathered the information and finds that there is need to restart from the following registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\UpdateExeVolatile

It also verifies that if any previous installation was pending following a restart. For that it checks the registry given below

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

If it finds that the registry contains the corrupted or orphaned values that it will pop up error message again and again.

Resolve  the error “A reboot from a previous installation is pending”

1). At first go to the registry key “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\PendingFileRenameOperations”

Delete the orphaned registry key and run the Setup again.

2).  Go to the registry key

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\

Open the key UpdateEXEVolatile by double clicking on it.

Enter the value 0 in it and close the registry editor

With the help of steps explained above you can easily resolve the error and can install the Exchange server easily.

Conclusion: –

In this blog I have discussed the method to resolve the error “A reboot from a previous installation is pending”. In case if you are facing any problem in fixing the issue. Please comment below we will respond as soon as possible

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Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan is a technical blogger and he’s passionate about writing technical blogs and covering all popular issues related to Exchange server / Outlook apps. He is MCSE certified and putting all his knowledge and experience in providing solutions to the Exchange users/administrators.