On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:33:13 +0000, damole wrote: >WaitToKillAppTimeout > >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305788 > >I have a program that has a lot of files open and so takes some time to flush and close these files and sometimes I forget to exit the program before restarting, often after a software update, and then walk away from the machine and come back to find it sitting there offering me the choice to force close, this is why I don't want to use a batch file. > > > >--damole Is it that you do not want it to close when files are open? Or that you do? If the latter, then the /f option I mentioned (which is implied whenever you use the /t option, but I put it in explicitly anyway), should do that. At least it does that on my system. Ron

Here's a link to something that has information akin to what you were doing in XP. It has you set up the registry key if it is not present (which it is not in my system). I've not used this so cannot verify it. http://sourcedaddy.com/windows-7/shut-down-windows-quickly.htmlRon

In XP Pro I could set the timeout used to allow programs to close gracefully before a restart or shutdown. How do I do this in Windows 7 Home Premium? cheers damole

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:30:35 +0000, damole wrote: > > >In XP Pro I could set the timeout used to allow programs to close gracefully before a restart or shutdown. How do I do this in Windows 7 Home Premium? > > > >cheers > >damole How did you do that in XP? In W7 Pro x64, you can execute a shutdown command. I have a .bat file with the line: shutdown -t 300 -f -s -c "My comments" -t 300 delay 300 seconds -f force running applications to close without forewarning users -s shutdown the computer -c "Comment" Whatever note you want with the Shutdown message Ron

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:33:13 +0000, damole wrote: >WaitToKillAppTimeout > >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305788 > >I have a program that has a lot of files open and so takes some time to flush and close these files and sometimes I forget to exit the program before restarting, often after a software update, and then walk away from the machine and come back to find it sitting there offering me the choice to force close, this is why I don't want to use a batch file. > > > >--damole Is it that you do not want it to close when files are open? Or that you do? If the latter, then the /f option I mentioned (which is implied whenever you use the /t option, but I put it in explicitly anyway), should do that. At least it does that on my system. Ron

Here's a link to something that has information akin to what you were doing in XP. It has you set up the registry key if it is not present (which it is not in my system). I've not used this so cannot verify it. http://sourcedaddy.com/windows-7/shut-down-windows-quickly.htmlRon