See a pending Windows Update restart on your Stream Deck
To see whether Windows Update is waiting to restart your PC, add Restart Pending for Windows to your Stream Deck: its key shows OK, or RESTART with the reason. Before you go live, one look tells you if a restart is pending, whether you are inside your active hours and how long the PC has been up, while your updates and settings stay as they are.
How do I know if Windows Update wants to restart my PC?
Put a Restart Pending key on your Stream Deck. It shows RESTART with the reason (Windows Update, Servicing, or both) when Windows has marked a restart as pending, and OK with the time of the reading when there is none. Press it to open Settings > Windows Update.
Can the key stop or delay the restart?
It shows what Windows has marked, so you can decide in time; it does not stop or delay a restart itself. Press the key to open Settings > Windows Update, where you can restart at a time you choose or pause updates.
Why does Uptime show many days when I shut down every night?
With Fast Startup on, Shut down followed by powering on may not reset the counter, so the uptime carries on. Restart always sets it back to zero. The Status line of the Uptime settings says whether Fast Startup is on.
The key says RESTART but Windows Update shows nothing. Why?
The servicing mark can be left by things other than Windows Update, for example a Windows feature that was turned on or off. A restart clears it.
Does it change any Windows setting?
No. It only reads. A press opens a page of the Windows Settings app; it does not restart the PC or pause, start or install updates.
Limits
Windows only (Windows 10 or later). Not for Mac.
It cannot stop or delay a restart, or tell when Windows will restart.
OK means no mark at the time shown; Windows can add one later.
Active hours are not a lock: Restart now, or another program, still restarts the PC.
With Fast Startup on, Shut down may not reset Uptime; Restart does.
