Updating application with a mounted RAM disk

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Jeremy
17 Oct 2025

Is it possible to update RAM Disk application while it has a mounted RAM disk, or does one need to quit the program to perform the upgrade?

Andrew SoftPerfect
17 Oct 2025

You can install the new version over the existing one and reboot (or reboot later, as convenient). It's really that simple.

Jeremy
16 Dec 2025

When I updated to 25.12, I didn't reboot immediately, and was told to reboot twice. Was this actually necessary?

Andrew SoftPerfect
20 Dec 2025

Two reboots are required because the first reboot will replace the driver's SYS files, which are otherwise locked by Windows. The second reboot will load the updated files. This is only required when upgrading. A fresh installation will work without a restart.

Jeremy
22 Dec 2025

I found the the user interface was updated after the first reboot. If that's all that was updated, is a second reboot still necessary?

Regrading the second reboot, does one need to log in, and wait for all programs to load, before rebooting, or could one reboot from the login screen instead?

Andrew SoftPerfect
22 Dec 2025

This depends on which version you're updating from and whether the driver has changed between versions.

If something doesn't work correctly after the update, a second reboot should resolve it. Rebooting from the login screen should suffice.

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