Why do some games/applications need you to restart your computer/laptop after installation?

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Why do some games/applications need you to restart your computer/laptop after installation?

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Linus does a great job explaining it. But essentially. Some programs need to change system files in order to run properly. Some of these system files might currently be in use. So it tells you to restart the system so the new version of the file can be used.

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