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Reply With Quotehow is the batch file called? does the program call it? do you click on it? if you trigger it yourself you could just create a desktop shortcut to rundll32. i guess i dont completely understand your situation.
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I am trying to get windows to automatically shutdown, when exit my MP3 player, I'm currently using a batch file which executes rundll32.exe, however this causes problems as it cann't shutdown while the batch file is running, any ideas on how to force shutdown.
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how is the batch file called? does the program call it? do you click on it? if you trigger it yourself you could just create a desktop shortcut to rundll32. i guess i dont completely understand your situation.
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THe bacth file is in the start up folder so it is automatically run when windows loads, it runs my mp3 decoder (winamp at present) then when that is exited it executes rundll32.exe below is a copy of the bat file's contents if it helps.
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start /wait winamp
start /wait rundll32.exe user32.dll,ExitWindowsEx 5,0
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The problem seems to be due to the fact that rundll32 can't shut down, as the batch file is still open, is there any way around this, ie forcing shut down. NB, I'm not using a keyboard or mouse so I don't want hot keys.
Rob
And you say people actually pay money for M$ Windows?
www.mp3mini.co.uk (Does what it says on the URL) www.openclassic.co.uk (The new car, with zero rust!) www.rob-web.co.uk (My other site)
Total re-design underway: on the whole progress is very slow as the car is taking up too much time :)
what if you got rid of the /wait in the rundll statement? it seems logical that if you keep the wait in there, it will wait for windows to shut down before ending the batch file, and this is an impossible situation. however, if you get rid of the /wait, the batch will immediately terminate and the rundll should be successful.
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You may want to check for winamp plugins, I'm not sure, but I think there are several that include shutdown features. The plugin I used for remote control supported shutdown.
just my 2¢
nop, its not winamp pluggin. He needs to get rid of that /wait command. That should do the trik.
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You can make a little application in VB or some other language that calls the ShutDownWindows() API. There is a parameter that allows you to forcefully shut down Windows, no matter what the OS or applications are doing.
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Don't forget to make your batch file exit:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000321.htm
Also, if you have Win98 you may want to call shell32.dll instead of user32.dll. Play with various incarnations listed here:
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/shutdown.html
Cheers, I'd already tried removing the wait command but that just made thinks go Pete Tong, but the alternative lines for the batch file work like a dream!
And you say people actually pay money for M$ Windows?
www.mp3mini.co.uk (Does what it says on the URL) www.openclassic.co.uk (The new car, with zero rust!) www.rob-web.co.uk (My other site)
Total re-design underway: on the whole progress is very slow as the car is taking up too much time :)
Which one did you end up using and what OS are you running? (for future reference to others on the board)
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