Suppress reboot on default

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
40/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reproducing winget install 7zip on Windows and inspect the CLI's installation and reboot-handling entry points. Determine the existing behavior and how an explicit reboot option should work; done means installation does not reboot by default while an explicitly requested reboot remains supported.

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Description

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Description of the new feature/enhancement

I tried to do winget install 7zip and then it automatically triggers a reboot on my PC. It's not a good user experience. I think you should suppress the reboot after installation unless explicitly specified.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Either design an option --reboot and make it off by default or just never reboot after installation.

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