"Waiting for maintenance window" for pre-approved application installed from software catalog

My understanding is that if a user installs an application from the software catalog that does not require admin approval, it should install right away. A user selected an application yesterday which had a prerequisite that needed to be installed (.NET),
it was installed but the published application never was; it's stuck in the "Waiting for maintenance window" category. I manually reboot the PC a few times thinking that would help, but no go. The deployment's checkboxes for "Software install"
and "System Restart" are grayed out so I can't check them, though it's my understanding they don't apply anyway in this situation.
Anyone have any ideas? Also just for my own knowledge, what would cause the Software Install and System Restart checkboxes to be grayed out so they can't be checked?
-Keith
-Keith Elkin

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