Installing Microsoft® ODBC Driver 17 on windows 10.
During the install, Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server setup stops and shows "A previous installation required a reboot of the machine for changes to take effect. To proceed, restart your computer then run Setup again.
rebooted but not fixed.
4 reboots and then tried install again. Same issue.
Microsoft ODBC 13 driver installs and uninstalls without any issues.
I've reviewed Microsoft support site and found nothing that describes this issue.
There are notes about odbc 13 and 17 causing conflict. odbc 13 is not installed.
checked this potential for SQL Server install requiring reboots, but nothing in my registry for PendingFileRenameOperations.
Has anyone found the clue that Driver 17 is using to think it needs another reboot to continue? I need to get SSMS installed and it has a dependency on ODBC Driver 17.
windows 10 updated to current. doing install as admin.
I used the tool at the following url to uninstall/install the driver ODBC 17 driver (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/windows-fix-problems-that-block-programs-being-installed-or-removed). I needed to copy/paste the product code below to uninstall the ODBC 17 driver. {12DC69AF-787B-4D76-B69D-2716DACA79FB}
After reboot, I was able to successfully install ODBC 17 driver.