Prevent Windows shutdown

Hi Master Po,

Command line
batch file terminate shutdown
batch file shutdown with error trap
change shutdown button to sleep

What's your flavor?

Here's a shutdown and restart batch file with yes check before action & shutdown.ico icon
Shutdown Batch File with Icon.zip
open zip & open READ ME FIRST

I have accidently hit Shutdown instead of Log Off before. How is there time to run any of the aborts above? You have maybe five seconds until Shutdown. Just curious.

5 seconds isn't enough time.
If you look at the batch file I uploaded, right-click edit, look for
Shutdown -r -f -t 5
Shutdown -s -f -t 5
-t is shutdown timer in seconds, currently 5.
both places, change to seconds you wish
save as type: All files (*.*)
shutdown.bat
that saves it as it is, a batch file

Here's the regedit:
If you don't feel totally comfortable editing this key, backup the registry, or full disk image backup to be on the safe side.
Registry - Backup and Restore - Windows 7 Help Forums

1. Click type regedit
2. Click regedit.exe when it appears
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
4. In the right pane, double-click WaitToKillServiceTimeout
5. Change it to what you wish; default is 10000 is 10 seconds, 15000 is 15 seconds, 20000 is 20 seconds, etc.
6. Click OK
7. Close the folder levels you opened to return to where you began. (Computer and 5 folders below)

Shutdown set to 15 seconds
15 Second Shutdown Batch File with Icon.zip

Hi Snick,

The READ ME files in both your batch files are of the File type. It might be better to make them .txt files so the user doesn't have to select a program to open them with!