Show message box to restart windows from System account

Question

Team,
We are having an windows service running in Local System account to update software. It is updating the application. But we want to show a message like below. Please help us.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Q&A platform.

This notification correlates to Settings App > Update & Security > Windows Update > Advanced Options > Update notifications > Turn on “Show a notification when your PC requires a restart to finish updating”

Or you could edit corresponded registry key to achieve this option.

For Windows 10 1703 to 1803 inclusive

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings\RestartNotificationsAllowed

For Windows 10 1809 and later

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings\RestartNotificationsAllowed2

Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data:

0= Off
1 = On

Best Regards,
Sunny

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