Shutdown

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Glenn

I have used a shutdown shortcut icon set to.....

c\windows\system32\shutdown exe-s-100

for some years. All the sudden when used lately, on boot it will hang near
the end of load and I have to hit reset and hit enter to "choose previous
boot" or something like that to get booted.

Has some update invalidated that shortcut?

Don't think it screws up with 'start, shutdown' which I would have thought
would have used the same routine.

Glenn
 
Glenn said:
I have used a shutdown shortcut icon set to.....

c\windows\system32\shutdown exe-s-100

for some years. All the sudden when used lately, on boot it will hang
near
the end of load and I have to hit reset and hit enter to "choose
previous
boot" or something like that to get booted.

Has some update invalidated that shortcut?

Don't think it screws up with 'start, shutdown' which I would have
thought
would have used the same routine.

Glenn
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Simply try creating another shortcut.

Right click Desktop --> New --> Shortcut --> shutdown -s -t 00
 
Evolution54 said:
Simply try creating another shortcut.

Right click Desktop --> New --> Shortcut --> shutdown -s -t 00
Click to expand...

Thanks but no joy.

It created it ok (shutdown(2)) but clicking on it just makes the screen to
flash and nothing happens. It did create it with the %something%\etc and I
changed that to windows\etc as the old one reads but that changed nothing
either.

I did put a space before the minus's, ie shutdown space"-s" space"-t00"
ok?

Glenn
 
Glenn said:
"Evolution54" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Glenn Wrote:
I have used a shutdown shortcut icon set to.....

c\windows\system32\shutdown exe-s-100

for some years. All the sudden when used lately, on boot it will
hang near
the end of load and I have to hit reset and hit enter to "choose
previous
boot" or something like that to get booted.

Has some update invalidated that shortcut?

Don't think it screws up with 'start, shutdown' which I would have
thought
would have used the same routine.

Glenn

Simply try creating another shortcut.

Right click Desktop -- New -- Shortcut -- shutdown -s -t 00

Thanks but no joy.

It created it ok (shutdown(2)) but clicking on it just makes the screen
to
flash and nothing happens. It did create it with the %something%\etc
and I
changed that to windows\etc as the old one reads but that changed
nothing
either.

I did put a space before the minus's, ie shutdown space"-s"
space"-t00"
ok?

Glenn
Click to expand...

Did you place a space after -t?
 
Evolution54 said:
Did you place a space after -t?
Click to expand...

No I overlooked it. I added it and it worked but on boot it still hung like
the old routine. I changed the old routine to a 5 sec delay, (-t 05) and it
booted ok at least this time. Some reason it seems to want more time. Why?
Beats the hell out of me. :)
 
Glenn said:
"Evolution54" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Glenn Wrote:
"Evolution54" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Glenn Wrote:
I have used a shutdown shortcut icon set to.....

c\windows\system32\shutdown exe-s-100

for some years. All the sudden when used lately, on boot it will
hang near
the end of load and I have to hit reset and hit enter to "choose
previous
boot" or something like that to get booted.

Has some update invalidated that shortcut?

Don't think it screws up with 'start, shutdown' which I would have
thought
would have used the same routine.

Glenn

Simply try creating another shortcut.

Right click Desktop -- New -- Shortcut -- shutdown -s -t 00

Thanks but no joy.

It created it ok (shutdown(2)) but clicking on it just makes the
screen to
flash and nothing happens. It did create it with the %something%\etc
and I
changed that to windows\etc as the old one reads but that changed
nothing
either.

I did put a space before the minus's, ie shutdown space"-s"
space"-t00"
ok?

Glenn

Did you place a space after -t?

No I overlooked it. I added it and it worked but on boot it still hung
like
the old routine. I changed the old routine to a 5 sec delay, (-t 05)
and it
booted ok at least this time. Some reason it seems to want more time.
Why?
Beats the hell out of me. :)
Click to expand...

Interesting...although I don't use this method of shutting down my
computer. Beats the heck outta me too but glad you solved your problem.
 
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