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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/platform/rebooter.rb b/lib/chef/platform/rebooter.rb
index 74c8b2da1f..6829b66539 100644
--- a/lib/chef/platform/rebooter.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/platform/rebooter.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ class Chef
cmd = if Chef::Platform.windows?
# should this do /f as well? do we then need a minimum delay to let apps quit?
- "shutdown /r /t #{reboot_info[:delay_mins] * 60} /c \"#{reboot_info[:reason]}\""
+ # Use explicit path to shutdown.exe, to protect against https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/5594
+ windows_shutdown_path = "#{ENV['SYSTEMROOT']}/System32/shutdown.exe"
+ "#{windows_shutdown_path} /r /t #{reboot_info[:delay_mins] * 60} /c \"#{reboot_info[:reason]}\""
else
# probably Linux-only.
"shutdown -r +#{reboot_info[:delay_mins]} \"#{reboot_info[:reason]}\""