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Error "system reboot pending" when reloading Empower - WKB1547

Article number: 1547

SYMPTOMS

  • Error "system reboot pending" when reloading Empower

ENVIRONMENT

  • Empower 2
  • Empower 3

CAUSE

Registry keys remain from a previous installation of the software. Sometimes the software doesn't uninstall all pointers to Empower or Oracle.

 

FIX or WORKAROUND

Delete the following registry keys in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce].

  • "rmdir1"="cmd /c rmdir /S /Q \"C:\\Empower\\Oracle\\Oracle11g_4\""

  • "rmDirAQASM"="cmd /c rmdir /S /Q \"C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\SmartBear\""

  • "rmdm"="cmd /c rmdir /S /Q \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Waters\""

  • "rmdir2"="cmd /c rmdir /S /Q \"C:\\Empower\""

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

id1547, EMP2LIC, EMP2OPT, EMP2SW, EMP3GC, EMP3LIC, EMP3OPT, EMP3SW, EMPGC, EMPGPC, EMPLIC, EMPOWER2, EMPOWER3, EMPSW, SUP

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