Is it necessary to reboot a pc for a changed devicepath entry to become active.
Updated: 22 May 2010 | 4 comments
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath)
Should I force a reboot after modifying the devicepath entry ?
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Yes you should
The registry entry's in Local machine are only used in the start and logon procedure.
Changing obne of these entry's will only activate them when teh machine is rebooted.
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Thanks for the info !
kind regards,
Restart Explorer.exe
You can also restart explorer.exe to refresh the registry without a reboot. It's kind of pointless since both methods kill a user and you want to do that off hours. Just an fyi.
if you need
settings to apply immediately you can try to make changes both in registry and WMI.
i'm not sure if you have WMI setting for what you need but if they exist , changing them should effect the machine immediately.
the registry will effect in the next reboot...
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