Update-Installation: Restart = Reboot ?

[Clemens-Ratte-Polle]

Open Shell Menu Update Installation: it is not clear wether

1. to close Explorer and Restart or
2. no Explorer closing and a "Reboot will be required"
   will really reboot Windows at ONCE or later or what. o_O
   Please write exactly what will happen by each option.
   Not only I am feared to lose all my work by these rare infos.
   thx

[ge0rdi]

In case there are some Open-Shell components still loaded in Explorer (and cannot be just unloaded) installer displays the prompt to either restart Explorer (process that uses files that have to be removed/replaced) or restart whole machine (which in fact terminates Explorer too and those files can be removed/replaced).

This is pretty standard behavior of Windows installer (not specific to Open-Shell).

Restarting Explorer is pretty safe (the same thing as if you do it from Task Manager). All programs will stay running as they were, only Explorer windows will get closed.