Why Reboot?: “Exodus WhyReboot is a small (60KB) Windows application that displays a list of pending file operations that will occur after rebooting your computer. This is useful in determining why an installer has notified you that a reboot is needed.”

SysInternals gives some insight on how this application probably works.

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