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PhilR
Asked: 2020-09-03 04:51:42 +0800 CST

Restart with apps from PowerShell

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When Windows restarts for automatic updates in the middle of the night, some applications reopen without user intervention. This appears to be using features like SHUTDOWN_RESTARTAPPS in the dwShutdownFlags flags.

Is it possible to invoke a restart using SHUTDOWN_RESTARTAPPS or any of the various other SHUTDOWN_* flags from PowerShell? I see nothing in the Restart-Computer cmdlet, but don't fancy writing C++ just for this.

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  1. Best Answer

    The simplest powershell solution is to use the cmd line shutdown /g command from within your script. That will restart any application that has already registered itself for restart.

    There's an open request on github to the PowerShell team to add this to Restart-Computer which you might want to follow here https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/12106

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  2. Have you tried using a Scheduled Task that is triggered after a system reboot? perhaps one to check for running services or apps with a powershell script and restart any that failed. You could try this by just calling the executable from a powershell script or module. Maybe something using get-service or get-process?

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