Disable Windows 10 automatic restart after updates

Anonymous
2019-02-14T12:17:31+00:00

Is there any REAL way to disable this cancer feature?

This is not the first time i have lost unsaved work due to this annoying function, that almost every Windows user hates.

I'm trying to behave, but it is really hard to keep calm after loosing unsaved work multiple times.

Why is it that Windows cannot just wait until the user decides to restart at a convenient time? It's not like the end of the world that users doesn't restart at a specific time.

In a time where Apple's Mac is already "stealing" a lot of Windows customers, it is a very risky (and dumb) feature to add to Windows.

This alone is very difficult to argue against in a Mac vs. Windows discussion.

Luckily (for Microsoft) Microsoft have secured themselves from a law suit in their policy.

MS knows that all Windows users hates this feature, and yet they still have it. WHY?

So back to the question. Is there any official/unofficial way (FOR GOOD)  that allows me to disable this annoying feature?

I tried following some tutorials on YouTube, but little did it help obviously, as i just came home and found my computer restarted, and my work deleted.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-02-15T16:52:51+00:00

    Did you read the question/problem ?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-12T23:08:10+00:00

    This fix is working so far for me, thanks :)

    Typical Microsoft, if you want the ability to disable frustrating features you must pay more money. My fault for not choosing a laptop with Windows 10 Pro.

    Since all this **** started, I've bought a new mac book pro laptop and this issue has gone away for good hopefully!!! Mac's have their own issues, but not as frustrating as forced reboots.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-23T11:13:34+00:00

    Very simple, PERMANENT solution in a few basic steps:

    1. Create a new text file, located wherever you want, preferably hidden somewhere in the system so you don't accidently delete the file; my preference is placing it in the windows update orchestrator folder (the piece of cancerware responsible for this idiotic design flaw); this folder is located at C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator
    2. It is unnecessary to put anything in the text file; name it whatever you want, but change the file extension from .txt to .bat
    3. Open up the start menu, type in "task scheduler" and open it
    4. Open the left-most viewing pane, click the drop-down icon next to "Task Scheduler Library", then "Microsoft", then "Windows", and finally scroll down near the bottom and select "UpdateOrchestrator"
    5. In the top-middle pane, select the "Reboot" task and right click it, then select "Disable"
    6. Right-click on the "reboot" task again, go to the "Triggers" tab, select any triggers there and delete them
    7. The final, and most important step (this is the process that keeps re-enabling automatic restarts), go to the "Actions" tab, EDIT the "start a program" action, and change the default file to the text document/.bat file you created in step 1-2

    That's it! So long as that file exists on your computer, it will prevent Windows Update Orchestrator from checking/initializing the "Reboot" file, the process responsible for taking your computer hostage......

    Can't disable Reboot. Even in administrator account. Says I don't have the correct permissions.

    In order to properly invoke task scheduler, use PSTools, as described in this: https://windowsreport.com/user-account-permission-disable-task/

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-10-17T11:02:03+00:00

    Guys,

    Go ahead and try these mid-Oct 2019 instructions. It worked like a charm for me. It's a simple file rename solution, took less than a minute to implement: 

    How to Prevent Windows 10 Auto-Restart – New Instructions (Oct 2019)

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-10-12T16:19:24+00:00

    I finally found a simple solution for this, tested on 1809 and 1903, home & pro (hopefully they don't break it on 1909).

    It is not perfect as you will stop getting the notifications but I think you still get the little dot(I think only on 1903) on the Power button when you open the Start.

    original solution(most likely you'll want to ignore the reboot script part): https://lazyadmin.nl/it/how-to-stop-automatic-restart-win-10-after-installing-updates/

    backup: https://redd.it/d4b6du

    The solution is this .reg file:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MusNotification.exe]

    "Debugger"="cmd.exe"

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