Ending program, please wait

[jimbo]

I am getting the "Ending program, please wait" window on every
shutdown/reboot. The program is explorer.exe

I have not seen this on shutdown/reboot until just recently, but now
it is there every time.

Is there a registry setting or some configuration option that is
causing this behavior?

Thanks for any help, jimbo

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try this...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top.
76. Right hand side
Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown

shutdown.reg is the file you want.

Reboot after you have merged the shutdown.reg file.

shutdown.reg does the following:

* Sets ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0.
If ClearPageFileAtShutdown is set to 1, shutdown takes a *long* time.

* Sets AutoEndTasks to 1.
Processes end automatically. The system does *NOT* wait until the process
ends, and, the process will *NOT* take more time than the value of the
HungAppTimeout entry, the End Task dialog box does *NOT* appear, stating
that the application cannot respond to the End Task request.

* Sets WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 1000 (1 second).
Determines how long the system waits for services to stop after notifying
the service that the system is shutting down. The Default value is 20000
(20 seconds).

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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