Is it possible to install a new minor version of Dokan without a computer restart? #1314
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Forcing users to do restart the computer during an upgrade is something that we would like minimize as it makes the upgrade procedure harder. Is there a way to not force a user to restart the computer after an upgrade of dokan? |
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No, unfortunately not. This kind of file system driver cannot be safely unloaded once it has been loaded in the kernel so the only safe way is to reboot. |
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Is it possible to defer the uninstall of the old version and loading of the new driver until the user reboots? |
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It would be technically possible from a kernel perspective, but I am not sure we could handle it with the setup packages that we currently use. The usual manual trick for replacing drivers with new versions is otherwise to rename the driver file in C:\Windows\system32\drivers, copy the new one there and then when rebooting the new version gets loaded instead. Until reboot, the old version stays loaded and stays operational. Other methods are also available such as using |
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Thanks for the very detailed answers. 👍 |
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It would be technically possible from a kernel perspective, but I am not sure we could handle it with the setup packages that we currently use.
The usual manual trick for replacing drivers with new versions is otherwise to rename the driver file in C:\Windows\system32\drivers, copy the new one there and then when rebooting the new version gets loaded instead. Until reboot, the old version stays loaded and stays operational. Other methods are also available such as using
sc configcommand to disable the driver from automatically loading on next reboot and do the actual upgrade then after reboot when the driver is not loaded.