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Disallow auto reboots on winget upgrade #6507
Description
Relevant area(s)
WinGet CLI
Relevant command(s)
winget upgrade
Brief description of your issue
Apps should not be allowed to execute PC reboot when update or install is finished without user consent and any prompt. Relevan app: ElectronicArts.EADesktop
Steps to reproduce
Use winget upgrade to update EA app to latest version from any of previous two
Expected behavior
App updates
Actual behavior
App install finishes, app opens and PC is rebooted without any prompt or UI or consent or anything!!! And the cherry on top is that EA app (triggering app) disappears and has to be reinstalled.
Environment
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.30.130-preview
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Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.9278
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.30.129.0
WinGet Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag…
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett…
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads D:\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules
Links
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Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
ConfigurationProcessorPath Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
Activity
eldair commentedon Sep 7, 2026
Previous issue that did not solve the problem. This should not be left to developers making apps, no app should be allowed to initiate reboot without consent.
#229
Zocker1999NET commentedon Sep 10, 2026
I understand your issue, but I think winget by itself can do nothing to actually prevent this in general, as every app / process running with at least your user permissions can just initiate an reboot (and Windows has no protection against this as I'm aware of). And winget does essentially delegate the actual installation to the installer EXE in case of EADesktop (see manifest). But maybe winget could improve the handling in this special case.
(So I think this issue could be moved to the winget-pkgs repo?)
First, to be on the same page: the manifest for EA App defines that upgrade works by uninstalling & then re-installing. And it also defines installer switches for the modes
Silent,SilentWithProgress&Custom(see here), but not forInteractive(see all possible options here).From what you wrote I think the following has happened:
Scenario A can be explained by either:
/norestartflag to the uninstallerOr Scenario B, when the uninstaller did not issue the restart, but the installer did, could also be explained by either:
/norestartflag to the installerThis raises to questions for me:
--silentflag?winget uninstall ElectronicArts.EADesktop(interactive) and/orwinget uninstall --silent ElectronicArts.EADesktophave reboots attached to them?