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Message 45480 - Posted: 30 Aug 2012, 15:45:52 UTC

After two reboots today, when I try to start BOINC manager, the "reboot is required" message still come up. What am I doing wrong?
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Message 45481 - Posted: 30 Aug 2012, 15:50:43 UTC - in response to Message 45480.  

Remove the RebootPending.txt file from your BOINC Data directory.

Default places for this directory:
Windows 98/SE/ME: C:\Windows\All Users\BOINC\ or C:\Windows\Profiles\All Users\BOINC\
Windows 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC\
Windows Vista/Windows 7: C:\ProgramData\BOINC\
Linux: wherever you unpack it/BOINC/
Macintosh OS X: /Library/Applications Support/BOINC/

This will be a hidden directory on most OSes, so either put the path to it directly into Windows Explorer, or instruct Windows Explorer to show hidden files and folders.
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Message 45482 - Posted: 30 Aug 2012, 16:00:40 UTC - in response to Message 45481.  

Thanks! Was in Program files on windows 7, not program data, I presume it's the same file though as I deleted it and now it works fine. Once again many thanks
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Message 45483 - Posted: 30 Aug 2012, 16:08:07 UTC - in response to Message 45482.  

Ah, it's in the Programs directory then. I then learned something new as well. ;-)
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