Automatically close programs when you shut down your computer?

[Dynentan]

Sometimes when i shut windows down, it pops up asking me if i want to close some of my programs. How do i disable this annoying popup message and make windows actually shut down?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Dynentan,

Sometimes when i shut windows down, it pops up asking me if i want to close some of my programs. How do i disable this annoying popup message and make windows actually shut down?

That message is useful if somebody has forgotten to save a file before closing down. Is that the one you are talking about?

 

[Dynentan]

No, its not.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Dynentan,

No, its not.

Which part of my post is your answer relevant to?

 

[Dynentan]

I was answering no to your question. Its not because i forget to save my files.

 

[file3456]

Read it all, do it all. Just back a system restore point first. Control How Long Windows Waits Before Killing Apps at Shutdown

 

[looked]

Sometimes when i shut windows down, it pops up asking me if i want to close some of my programs. How do i disable this annoying popup message and make windows actually shut down?

Sometimes can even be a word or text document (for example) still open and you didn't save the work so Windows prompts the message.
It can also be a program you closed but is still active in the RAM so you can choose to force the shut down once you're sure there is nothing to save.
It doesn't happen very often, sometimes I experience this issue when I use heavy programs chewing most of memory and swap file so Windows struggles to close them promptly or is doing it but it takes a bit more time.
I wouldn't worry too much unless you got spare time and be capable to deal with registry keys.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Dynentan,

I wouldn't worry too much unless you got spare time and be capable to deal with registry keys.

I agree!

Or, you could create a batch script and save it to the desktop and then just click it to force close [without the message] ALL of the open [in memory] programs and then shutdown the computer!

I hope this helps!

 

[RolandJS]

Windows Club's Ultimate Windows Tweaker II has a click somewhere for: force stuff to unload when programs are terminated. If/when you click on that and only that, on that same page's lower right corner, click Accept or Ok or Save (whatever that button is called), then exit program. That should help in many ways.
Note: anyone who candy-stores UWTII better have image restores handy.

 

[TechnoMage2016]

I'd never tell you, or anyone, what to do, but let me tell you what I do. OK?

All the way back to Windows 98, I started using a "Quick Shutdown" icon on my desktop, or in my Quick Launch toolbar, at the bottom of my Desktop screen.
That shortcut to Windows' own Shutdown command, goes like this, for Windows 7 (also works for Win 8.1 and 10)
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 1
NOTE: There are three spaces in that line, and they ARE important.

There is another little program that I like to use, like when I have a bunch of Windows Explorer windows open. It's called "Close All.exe". I found it somewhere on the internet, downloaded it and use it almost every day. It's name says it ALL. Just clicking that one icon will close all open windows/programs.

Good Luck Mate!
TM

 

[Paul Black]

Hi TechnoMage2016,

All the way back to Windows 98, I started using a "Quick Shutdown" icon on my desktop, or in my Quick Launch toolbar, at the bottom of my Desktop screen.
That shortcut to Windows' own Shutdown command, goes like this, for Windows 7 (also works for Win 8.1 and 10)
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 1

That is very similar to what I suggested to Dynentan. In a batch script you could force shutdown by using . . .

Shutdown -s -f -t 0

 

[RolandJS]

TechnoMage, are those two freebies still available?

 

[Dynentan]

Read it all, do it all. Just back a system restore point first. Control How Long Windows Waits Before Killing Apps at Shutdown

thanks, going to check it out.. does it also shut down an text document that you havent saved? because thats the only situation i can think of where i want windows to ask me first

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Dynentan,

Does it also shut down a text document that you havent saved? because thats the only situation i can think of where i want windows to ask me first.

This will make what you asked in your initial post more complicated!
You could probably do this using a batch script!

 

[looked]

Hi Dynentan,
This will make what you asked in your initial post more complicated!

In fact I don't see a real issue here unless the OP has 100+ open documents and doesn't care about saving the work or another scenario would be if the OP wants to schedule an auto shutdown or he set a program to shut down the PC after the job is done.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi looked,

In fact I don't see a real issue here unless the OP has 100+ open documents and doesn't care about saving the work . . .

He does care about saving any open Word documents!

. . . does it also shut down a text document that you havent saved? because thats the only situation i can think of where i want windows to ask me first.

He could use a batch script that saves the open Word document and then forces shutdown of the computer. Any more than one open Word document will make it more complicated though!

 

[Megahertz07]

%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 00 can can be replaced with %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /p

To close applications use %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /p /f

 

[FreeBooter]

With this batch script programs are closed that is not responding during shutdown.

@Echo Off & Cls

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)


:_Ask
Cls & Mode CON  LINES=11 COLS=90 & Color 0E 
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.       
Echo         Do You Want To Close Programs That Is Not Responding During Shutdown (Y/N)?  
Echo.       
Echo.
Echo.


Set /p input= RESPONSE: 
If /i  Not %input%==Y (Goto :_Ex) Else (Goto :_Start) 

:_Ex
If /i Not %input%==N  (Goto :_Ask) Else (Goto :EOF)



:_Start

Reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop"  /v HungAppTimeout   /t REG_SZ  /d 1000  /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop"  /v WaitToKillAppTimeout  /t REG_SZ  /d 2000  /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop"  /v AutoEndTasks  /t REG_SZ /d 1  /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKU\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "AutoEndTasks" /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKU\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "HungAppTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "1000" /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKU\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "WaitToKillAppTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "2000" /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKU\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "AutoEndTasks" /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKU\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "HungAppTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "1000" /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKU\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "WaitToKillAppTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "2000" /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "AutoEndTasks" /t REG_SZ /d 1 /f 2>&1 >nul

Reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control"  /v "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "2000" /f 2>&1 >nul

Cls & Mode CON  LINES=11 COLS=75 & Color 0E 
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.       
Echo         Automatically Terminating User Processes During Shutdown   
Echo.       
Echo.
Echo. 
ping -n 6 localhost >nul 
Exit

 

[RolandJS]

Freebooter, can you email me a copy of that batchfile, I cannot copy it down with my chromebook.

 

[FreeBooter]

Freebooter, can you email me a copy of that batchfile, I cannot copy it down with my chromebook.

I did but i get this error message: Your message wasn't delivered because the recipient's email provider rejected it.