Reboot required check fails while Installing SQL Server

Some times while installing new SQL Server installation or updating we get Reboot required check failed error, even after rebooting the server for several times we still receive the same error, after doing enough research and some google search came to know that it is due to the one of the registry key. Here are the steps to fix this issue hope this finds helpful:

1.       Go to run and type REGEDIT to open the registry editor.

2.       Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager and locate registry key called PendingFileRenameOperations.

3.       Most of the times by reading the value in this key would give you clear information about what file rename is pending and you can take appropriate actions or you can save the information for feature references if you want and then clear the data in the key.

4.       Now reboot the machine and rerun the installation, if you still happen to face same issues you can go ahead and perform first 3 steps and this time install SQL Server without rebooting the system.

5.       One more simple workaround if you’re installing via command prompt you may use parameter /SkipRules=VSShellInstalledRule RebootRequiredCheck to ignore this reboot check.