Abort Shutdown?

quest · 12-02-2006, 03:36 PM

As the topic says. I bet we all have friends that have at some point thought it funny to press the shutdown button on your laptop/computer to see your frustration build up

What i'd like to know is if there is any way to run a command/script to abort the shutdown or maybe some program that refuses to shutdown (since windows usually waits for some programs to shut down). Is there any way to abort it? Suggestions are welcome

Trizoy · 12-02-2006, 03:43 PM

Click cancel on the hangin program, the program stay open and hangs the shutdown...

gamerman4 · 12-02-2006, 04:21 PM

Googling usually works for most things like this....
http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_abort...on_xp_2003.htm
tho this may only work with shutdown counters...

quest · 12-03-2006, 11:07 AM

Yeah, that one only works if it was initiated by the shutdown command earlier. Im mostly interested in what functions/commands it initiates when you push the button and if there is some way to abort them or halt them somehow. anyway, that info is above my head. But it has always been one of those things that bugs me, that once you or someone else pushes that button you're "helpless".

12-02-2006, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
quest New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	Abort Shutdown? As the topic says. I bet we all have friends that have at some point thought it funny to press the shutdown button on your laptop/computer to see your frustration build up What i'd like to know is if there is any way to run a command/script to abort the shutdown or maybe some program that refuses to shutdown (since windows usually waits for some programs to shut down). Is there any way to abort it? Suggestions are welcome

12-02-2006, 03:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,664	Click cancel on the hangin program, the program stay open and hangs the shutdown... __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

12-02-2006, 04:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
gamerman4 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 1,368	Googling usually works for most things like this.... http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_abort...on_xp_2003.htm tho this may only work with shutdown counters... __________________ NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R P965 HDDs: 2 x 80GB 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 1x 750GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt Obama/Biden 08 Last edited by gamerman4; 12-02-2006 at 04:25 PM.

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12-03-2006, 11:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
quest New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	Yeah, that one only works if it was initiated by the shutdown command earlier. Im mostly interested in what functions/commands it initiates when you push the button and if there is some way to abort them or halt them somehow. anyway, that info is above my head. But it has always been one of those things that bugs me, that once you or someone else pushes that button you're "helpless".