In my case the Pending action can never be cleared because it is trying to replace a protected file so will always fail.

So I presume the Pending action will still be there after future restarts?
And therefore future installs will see this Pending action, and suggest restart??

(some installers check for pending items Before starting install, and suggest user restarts first to clear the pending item).

IF the above is all true, then should I try and clear the Registry Pending item?