"Please restart Windows before installing new programs"

The Starter V5.3.03 is not installed on Windows 10 Pro, a message appears 

"Please restart Windows before installing new programs"

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Split from Starter 4.5 Problem.

Hello,

I tried to delete registry key according to article, mentioned by ChristophD, but also without success. This key is created (by installer or some system service) just before the message. I tried to delete it imidiatelly as it is appeared in registry and setup continued without "restart" message. But I had to be very quick..

I have W10 Enterprise 20H2 and tried to install Starter V5.4 HF2.

Hope this helps also on other version or systems..

With regards

Martin

Martin472

Hello,

I tried to delete registry key according to article, mentioned by ChristophD, but also without success. This key is created (by installer or some system service) just before the message. I tried to delete it imidiatelly as it is appeared in registry and setup continued without "restart" message. But I had to be very quick..

I have W10 Enterprise 20H2 and tried to install Starter V5.4 HF2.

Hope this helps also on other version or systems..

With regards

Martin

 Hello Martin,

As a tip to others in this predicament, have the same OS and STARTER version.

a) Have the Registry editor open in the background
b) Run the STARTER setup.exe as admin
c) quickly return to registry editor, and press F5 repeatedly until you see the key
"PendingFileRenameOperations" appear.
d) Highlight the "PendingFileRenameOperations" key when it appears and press Delete key FAST. 

It appears that the problem is Windows Defender which cannot be switched off in services.msc or from the task manager.

Hello,

thank you for reply. Yes, you describe it correctly.

Edit: Another possibility - clear value of the registry key also helps.

As I wrote, I didn't know which service created the key. And for me it is not possible to find. I had similar problem with antivirus years ago on WinXP. I created new hardware profile with antivirus disabled. I think this is impossible in Win10..

I only tried the procedure I described before and if you are quick it is working.

But it is not solution of the problem.

With regards

Martin

The solution to delete registry works perfectly fine .

Just delete registry and then again start installation.

I am attaching batch script, just change the file extension from .txt to .bat and run it as admin

Hi, same problem happened in Windows 11 Pro. Delete registry and then again start installation.

''HelpTe'' 

Hello,

deleting registry item and than start installation doesn't help. Registry item is written again just during installation.

When you start installation, you have to registry editor opened, visible and when this registry key is written again, you have to immediatelly delete it. I don't know Win11, but I hope it is not so different from Win10.

With regards

Martin