Re: Windows Restart Manager and cygrunsrv services

[Bill Stewart <bstewart@iname.com>]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM Bill Stewart wrote:

> However it seems that when running a service using cygrunsrv, the
> Restart Manager RmGetList API[2] returns RmRebootReasonSessionMismatch
> (2) for the lpdwRebootReasons output parameter.
>
> This parameter return value is one of the RM_REBOOT_REASON enumeration
> values[3].
>
> The description for the RmRebootReasonSessionMismatch value on MSDN is
> as follows: "One or more processes are running in another Terminal
> Services session."
>
> I ran into this building an Inno Setup installer. I reproduced on
> Windows 10 x64 and Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.
>
> The error description is interesting, because in neither repro case
> were there other users logged on using TS sessions. (I'm not sure if
> that error description is completely accurate in describing all cases
> where that value gets returned, though...)
>
> Unexpected behavior: Restart Manager returns 2
> (RmRebootReasonSessionMismatch) in the lpdwRebootReasons output
> parameter when calling the RmGetList API to detect a cygrunsrv
> service.
>
> Expected behavior: Restart Manager should return 0
> (RmRebootReasonNone) in the lpdwRebootReasons output parameter when
> calling the RmGetList API to detect a cygrunsrv service.
>
> Further details (regarding Inno Setup and this problem):
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/innosetup/9dAT3wB9RTQ/99Py-ZgLCgAJ
>
> Any ideas why Restart Manager doesn't work for cygrunsrv services?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill
>
> ____________________
>
> [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/rstmgr/about-restart-manager
>
> [2] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/restartmanager/nf-restartmanager-rmgetlist
>
> [3] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/restartmanager/ne-restartmanager-rm_reboot_reason

Question also posted on StackOverflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59902201/

Any insights appreciated.

Thanks!

Bill

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