why do computers need to reboot after an update

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I thought more recent OS had ways to update files currently in use and not require reboots.
Corporate policy of rebooting once a week and forcing it is killing me: I usually have tens of excel windows interlinked, and having to reboot daily just saps my will to live….

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The requirement to reboot is a technical choice. With the requirement to reboot, the updates don’t need to care as much about the current running state of the computer, they all start from a more well-known state. It’s basically a choice between complexity (updating without rebooting) and inconvenience (requiring a reboot).

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