ratbag19 said:
Did you know that after 2 weeks ShutDown now will open a dialog asking you to register, and will not shut down your PC until you close it?
Try this. In MBM it asks what prog to run when an alarm sounds. Type in Shutdown.exe and in the string type in '-s -f -t 05'
That will force all open apps to close, and turn off the pc after a 5 sec delay. Remove the '-t 05' to kill the delay.
Or better yet, open a command prompt, type in SHUTDOWN and press enter. It will give you all the options and what they do.
Bryan
Welcome to the forums, and excellent point! One thing that I have noticed, however, is that on my computer, if I use the built-in shutdown, it only shuts down to the "it is now safe to turn off your PC", although that screen never shows (or stays put) for my PC in normal operation.
I ended up finding an executable (which I renamed to shutdown1.exe) that works just fine.
If you all like, I can provide a zipped download of that proggy and a sample bat file. (I make mine go to hibernation instead, so I can resume my work when I come back.)
-- Paul