Restart Pending for Windows

See on your Stream Deck whether a Windows Update restart is waiting. Before you go live, one look tells you if Windows has a pending restart (reboot required), whether you are inside your active hours, and how long the PC has been up. It only reads, so updates and settings stay as they are.

Features

Restart Pending: OK, or RESTART with the reason (Windows Update or component servicing). Press: open Windows Update

Check it before a shutdown or a stream: RESTART means Windows is waiting for a restart

Active Hours: the hours Windows holds, and INSIDE or OUTSIDE now. Press: open that Settings page

Uptime: time since Windows started; another color after the days you choose

Reads again every 2 seconds while visible

English and Japanese

Safety

An unreadable mark shows ? instead of OK

Files installers leave waiting to be replaced stay out of the count

Requirements and limits

Windows 10+, Stream Deck 6.9+. Tested on Windows 11

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

Automatic active hours may differ from Settings

Privacy

Reads a few registry values and the Windows tick counter. Nothing is written, logged or sent.

Idea or bug? Use the Support link. Every message is read.

First release with three read-only actions. Restart Pending shows whether Windows has marked a restart as pending and why. Active Hours shows the active hours Windows holds and whether the time now is inside them. Uptime shows the time since Windows started. Nothing is restarted, paused or changed. RESTART was tested with simulated answers only. English and Japanese.