How to programmatically reboot Windows 11 without installing updates?

As the undermentioned demonstrates: The Start Menu ( Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy ) is able to invoke a reboot without updating the OS. However, file:///%SYSTEMROOT%/system32/shutdown.exe and PowerShell (Core)'s Stop-Computer commandlet don't appear to provide any option to control whether Windows decides to. I want this capability because I dual-boot with Linux-based OSes, which necessitates that I adhere to this advice to update Windows: So the fix where you have Linux/Windows dual boot using standard DOS MBR and GRUB on the Linux partition set active to perform OS

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