How to run application at shutdown?

[Guest]

I need to run an application each time a user shuts down their PC. Is there
a built in way to do this in Windows XP? Perhaps a registry entry or through
a scheduled task or will this require the creation of a Windows Service that
simply listens for the shutdown command?

 

[[MSFT]]

When a user shutdown or logoff (not powoff suddenly), windows will send a
message to every running application instances:

WM_QUERYENDSESSION
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/bas
e/wm_queryendsession.asp

You may catch this message in your application, and then do what you want.
To catch such a message in a Visual Basic .NET application, you can
subclass Windows:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q311317

Hope this help,

Luke

 

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

I need to run an application each time a user shuts down their PC. Is there
a built in way to do this in Windows XP? Perhaps a registry entry or through
a scheduled task or will this require the creation of a Windows Service that
simply listens for the shutdown command?

Just curious as to what you want to start when the PC is shutting down.
As this can be very quick there may be not enough time.

 

[Txiki]

Maybe you are looking for something like :

"Group Policy Editor" : Select from the Start-menu "Run" and enter :
GPEDIT.MSC

bye.

 

[[MSFT]]

Yes, this also could be a proper solution. You can add a shutdown script in
in Windows Settings and call applications as you want.

Luke