How to Suppress Restarts due to updating via VCRedist Merge Modules?

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We're trying to roll out an update to use Visual C++ Redistributable 2015 by using the Microsoft_VC141_CRT_x64.msm merge module.

But when a customer installs the new application (or updates to that new build) they are automatically rebooting because our updater quietly installs the update in the form of an MSI that contains the merge modules.

We previously did not have this issue with Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 (using Microsoft_VC120_CRT_x64.msm merge module).


We've tried using the "ReallySuppress" flag but nothing seems to work. We do not want to roll out a product that reboots their systems without warning...

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