Chris Wilcox wrote: > > Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Chris Wilcox schrieb: > > > > I have no experience with Vista, still no need to use it. > > > Best is to try on a test system, there is nothing that can get broken. > > > Start with something simple and advance. > > > > How does running WPKG at shutdown affect packages that need a reboot? If > > there are multiple package installs pending, and package1 reboots the > > PC, does the shutdown process get triggered straight away and package2 > > install continues, or does it wait for the user to initiate a shutdown > > the next day? > > The reboot will happen as you specify it in package definition; reboot > doesn't depend on WPKG being launched on startup, shutdown, or in the > middle of the user session (i.e. in Administrator's cmd.exe window). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chris, > a reboot is usually needed to remove locked files, since you are shutting > down the machine, there is no reboot needed. > The system will do the necessary actions at the next boot.
I'm being finickety and I apologise :) I have some apps which in themselves trigger a reboot (our antivirus product for example). If there is this then a 2nd package listed for install, I assume that the 2nd package will not get installed until the next shutdown and this shutdown will not be triggered by wpkg as it is only running at shutdown? I mainly ask because I am still trying to decide which is the best option for me: wpkg at start-up or shutdown, and so far having it run at start-up still seems the better option. Chris ________________________________ I think, that subsequent packages will get installed, since you can not force a reboot, if you are already shutting down, but I might be wrong. As always, checking a test case on a testing system is the only way to be sure, a virtual machine is the easiest, I do it this way ;-) --- Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- wpkg-users mailing list archives >> http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-users/ _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users