Thread: hOW TO MAKE A PROGRAM WHICH MAKES MY pC TO SHUTDOWN?

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    hOW TO MAKE A PROGRAM WHICH MAKES MY pC TO SHUTDOWN?

    how can I make a shutdown program??? in c++ (Borland 5.02)???

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    oh man...

    you're so damned lazy! This has been asked TWICE on the old board within a few days!! grrrr.....*calms himself down*

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    But it doesnt work u idiot!

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    oh well...

    I should probably never post so early in the morning anymore...

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    what erros does it give you, cuz I'm sure it works...

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    This will shutdown windows (only 9x). It must be compiled as a windows app not a console one -

    Code:
    
    int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                         HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                         LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                         int       nCmdShow)
    {
    
    
        ExitWindowsEx(EWX_FORCE|EWX_SHUTDOWN,NULL);
    
        return 0;
    }

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    This is quoted from the Win32 API in Borland C++ 4.52 IDE. I've never used this as I usually have no need to actually shut down. Normally I use the ExitWindows function as my programs usually only require a reboot, not an actual shutdown.

    I'm not sure if it is good practice to quote from SDK's, but the explanation was far too lengthy so that is why I did.

    The ExitWindowsEx function can be used to shut down the system. Shutting down flushes file buffers to disk and brings the system to a condition in which it is safe to turn off the computer. The calling process must have the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege to shut down the system.

    The following example enables the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege and then shuts down the system.

    HANDLE hToken;
    TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tkp;

    /* Get a token for this process. */

    if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(),
    TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken))
    error("OpenProcessToken");

    /* Get the LUID for the shutdown privilege. */

    LookupPrivilegeValue(NULL, TEXT("SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME"),
    &tkp.Privileges[0].Luid);

    tkp.PrivilegeCount = 1; /* one privilege to set */
    tkp.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;

    /* Get the shutdown privilege for this process. */

    AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, FALSE, &tkp, 0,
    (PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES)NULL, 0);

    /* Cannot test the return value of AdjustTokenPrivileges. */

    if (GetLastError() != ERROR_SUCCESS)
    error("AdjustTokenPrivileges");

    /* Shut down the system and force all applications to close. */

    if (!ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN | EWX_FORCE, 0))
    error("ExitWindowsEx");

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    This is quoted from the Win32 API in Borland C++ 4.52 IDE.
    The price of using old help files is that they never tell you that the code you quote is for Windows NT/2000/XP only (given that Windows 9x has no security).

    ExitWindowsEx alone will work in Windows 9x from a GUI application. There is no function call to shut down Windows from a console application.
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    "Watch me choose my own direction"
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    The path is winding your way?
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    >>There is no function call to shut down Windows from a console application.

    There is a possible cheat. I used to use the following as part of a close-down bat file for win 98

    rundll32 shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 1
    ....at least I think thats it. If I get home and find its wrong I'll change it....

    Anyway I suppose you could use this as a system call......sloppy - but it might work....

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    Anyone know where i can find tuturial for borland c++ builder 5?

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