how to get ExitWindowsEx to work properly

Tobias · Post by **Tobias** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:03 am

Hi,

I was looking for a way to shut down a PC after properly closing down a running program. As Windows functions is beyond me, I was very happy to find a post by JRL containing the following code:

LibFunc>user32,ExitWindowsEx,EWEres,0,1

I've got the close-the-running-program-part working. However the shutdown-part does not run as expected.
I found the following info on the arguments for ExitWindowsEx:
The second argument is for the shutdown type. I found these possible values:
0=logoff
1=shutdown
2=reboot
4=logoff and forced termination of processes
8=poweroff
10=same as 4 + terminate hanging processes
40=restart (incl applications registered for restart)

The last argument is for the shutdown reason, which seems to be used for logging purposes mostly.

I am only able to get the logoff (argument value 0) working, all the other arguments don't seem to work and I don't understand why. could anybody enlighten me?

thanks in advance,
Tobias

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:15 am

Is there any reason why you cannot use the ShutDownWindows command?

Tobias · Post by **Tobias** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:34 am

No there isn't (except for my ignorance, not being aware of this command). It is working like a charm with ShutDownWindows.

thanks Marcus.