Resolving “A System Restart From A Previous Installation Or Update Is Pending” Error At The Pre-Requisites installation For SharePoint 2013

Let's see how to resolve the issue when the system keeps saying that “A system restart from a previous installation or update is pending” at the pre-requisites installation for SharePoint 2013.

Issue

The system keeps saying that “A system restart from a previous installation or update is pending” at the pre-requisites installation for SharePoint 2013. After I run a prerequisiteinstaller.exe successfully and download all pre requests during a SharePoint 2013 install, I got the error "A system restart from a previous installation or update is pending," even if I have already rebooted.

Solution

Please follow the steps shown below to resolve the issue.

1. Open the Registry Editor (run > regedit).
2. Navigate to this path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager".
3. Rename the “PendingFileRenameOperations” value to “OldPendingFileRenameOperations“.
4. Reboot the Server.

Solution 2

If you still see the issue, delete the key as below and check again.

1. Open the Registry Editor (run > regedit).
2. Navigate to this path “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager“.
3. Rename the “PendingFileRenameOperations” value to “OldPendingFileRenameOperations“.
4. Reboot the Server.

I hope the above information will help you to resolve this issue. In case of any queries/questions regarding the above information, please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolve your issues.

 Thank you!