How to fix endless reboot loop installing Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 – message: A previous installation required a reboot of the machine for changes

I have found one another solution under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pq3fUOO3s that worked for me when I faced problems with ODBC Driver 17 installation while updating
Microsoft SQL Server.

It basically requires cleaning the value of PendingFileRenameOperations (replacing the multi-string value with an empty string) under the registry key Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager.

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