Prevent Windows shutdown

[Master Po]

How is possible to stop windows shutdown if I accidentally click Shutdown in start menu?

 

[Snick]

Hi Master Po,

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

What's your flavor?

 

[HOGCALLER]

Instructions:



https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/win...shutdown-restart-lock-icons-in-windows-vista/


Abort shortcut:



Target:C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -a


Start in:C:\Windows\system32


choose icon:%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

 

[Snick]

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

 

[bigmck]

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.

 

[Snick]

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 rb: 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
View attachment 15 Second Shutdown Batch File with Icon.zip

 

[Paul Black]

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!

 

[johnhoh]

Just create a hotkey shortcut. I hate the built in windows hot keys because you have to press ctl and alt plus another key, which is hard to do very quickly. I suggest you use autohotkey and create just one file called "abort.ahk", which contains only this

#a::
Run shutdown -a
return

which maps the keyboard combination of windowskey+a to run an immediate shutdown abort

Beginner Tutorial | AutoHotkey