How do I reference the Reboot Pending Property in Burn (WiX)

Question

How do I reference the RebootPending property in a Burn (WiX) bootstrapper? I know the property name is RebootPending, which is actually referencing the MsiSystemRebootPend

Answer 1

For some general ideas see tool WhyReboot. Here is what it does:

Examines documented registry locations for post-reboot file copy/rename/delete operations.

Examines documented registy locations for "Run Once" applications: these will run once on the next reboot, and are probably used by an installer to perform post-reboot file cleanup and other operations such as registry manipulation.

Examines Wininit.ini on Win9x/ME platforms for pending file rename/delete operations.