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InitiateSystemShutdownExA(3w)

NAME

InitiateSystemShutdownExA (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL InitiateSystemShutdownExA
(
LPSTR lpMachineName,
LPSTR lpMessage,
DWORD dwTimeout,
BOOL bForceAppsClosed,
BOOL bRebootAfterShutdown,
DWORD dwReason
)

DESCRIPTION

Initiate a shutdown or optionally restart the computer.

PARAMS

lpMachineName [In] Network name of machine to shutdown.

lpMessage [In] Message displayed in shutdown dialog box.

dwTimeout [In] Number of seconds dialog is displayed before shutdown.

bForceAppsClosed [In] If TRUE, applications close without saving, else dialog is displayed requesting user to close apps.

bRebootAfterShutdown [In] If TRUE, system reboots after restart, else the system flushes all caches to disk and clears the screen.

dwReason [In] Reason for shutting down. Must be a system shutdown reason code.

RETURNS

Success: TRUE

Failure: FALSE.

NOTES

if lpMachineName is NULL, the local computer is shutdown.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winreg.h".

Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/advapi.c".

Debug channel "advapi".

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