minlogon -> "acpi power button can't shutdown" workaround

starfox · 01-21-2005, 05:11 AM

Introduction
Minlogon.exe is an XPe component which can be used on standard Windows XP installs to speed up boot time. Information about this is available on this thread:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/winnt-based/37724-using-minlogon-speed-up-booting-decrease-footprint.html

This small application may be a workaround for a problem that a few people are experiencing in this thread: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/winnt-based/39104-minlogon-now-acpi-does-not-shutdown.html

Problem description:
After replacing winlogon.exe with minlogon, the computer's ACPI power button will not shutdown the computer if it's behaviour is set to do so in Control Panels, Power Options.

Please note that you may not need this workaround! Many people do not have this problem. There's no need to use this workaround if your PC can shut down when you push the ACPI power button.

This app provides a workaround:
This application intercepts a sleep / standby message, aborts it, then tells the computer to do a poweroff / shutdown. More detailled information about what it does is included in the readme file packaged in the zip.

Installation instructions:
Unzip the zip file somewhere, then put a shortcut to "minlogin shutdown.exe" in your startup group (or in the appropriate registry entry if you like). Then in control panels, power options, set the computer to standby when you push the power button. Start the application. The next time you push the ACPI power button, the computer will shut down as it should.

CARLOS_CET · 03-03-2006, 09:37 AM

Great app!!! Saved my life!!! When I turn on my system, minlogon shutdown starts up and a window comes up on my desktop. Is there a way to get rid of that window and just have it start up by being minimized in the system tray?

starfox · 03-04-2006, 09:45 AM

The application will start minimised in the system tray unless something's not right on startup. Usually this is because haven't set the behaviour for your ACPI Power Button to Stand By in Control Panels / Power Options.

CARLOS_CET · 03-07-2006, 07:16 AM

Thanks. I'll give that a try.

jammy-dodger · 03-17-2006, 12:03 PM

what if.... like me there isnt an option for stand by? just hibernate, shutdown or ask me.
so my computer still aint shutting itself down

that box just keeps on popping up at startup

starfox · 03-18-2006, 03:59 AM

What motherboard are you using? Most modern boards support standby.. might need to turn on S1 or S3 power saving modes in your bios.

maniac76 · 05-10-2006, 04:45 AM

great...

how can i run it like service? or starting with rr?
i don't use explorer like shell but rr...

for me the program shutdown the system but not hide the message, even if i set correctly the acpi button

jadz · 09-23-2006, 03:50 PM

Nice! Just what the doctor ordered for my TinyXP Install.

09-29-2006, 11:37 AM

I was wondering if you guys ever tried the "shutown" command? I like that program as well with MinLogon, but I wonder if you guys want to try this out:

Go to Run and type "shutdown -s -t 00"
-s = shutdown
-t = set timer (00s in this case)

I think the shutdown program uses the same command... interesting anyhow.

starfox · 09-29-2006, 11:21 PM

Yup yup, that shutdown command should work too, but this app's just a workaround so you can still press your ACPI power button and have your system shut down like it used to before switching to minlogon.exe.

Fyi, my app doesn't call shutdown.exe, it makes Win32 API calls to grant itself shutdown access then calls ExitWindowsEx().

I should really post the source code here someday, just have to find where i kept it.

iselfdevi · 10-03-2006, 09:01 PM

Hey Starfox, i must say this workaround is awesome but i am having issues with it.

I noticed that sometimes,(not all the times) roadrunner doesnt pick up from where it left off. like, say when i turned off the car, it was in the middle of song number five, but when i started it back up, it just starts playing from the beginning of the playlist.

with movies as well, it will either play the movie from the beginning or another spot in the movie from another shut down.

this problem only started happening right after i installed shutdown workaround.
could it be that this workaround isnt giving enough time for roadrunner to shut down??

what do you make of this???

starfox · 10-04-2006, 01:09 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by iselfdevi

Hey Starfox, i must say this workaround is awesome but i am having issues with it.

I noticed that sometimes,(not all the times) roadrunner doesnt pick up from where it left off. like, say when i turned off the car, it was in the middle of song number five, but when i started it back up, it just starts playing from the beginning of the playlist.

with movies as well, it will either play the movie from the beginning or another spot in the movie from another shut down.

this problem only started happening right after i installed shutdown workaround.
could it be that this workaround isnt giving enough time for roadrunner to shut down??

what do you make of this???

Hmm yeah i might have set the force flag when calling ExitWindowsEx() which could cause a problem. I'll take a look at it when i can but i'm a bit busy at the moment.. ^^

iselfdevi · 10-04-2006, 02:05 PM

ok thanks!!

iselfdevi · 10-10-2006, 09:14 PM

any progress starfox?

Moneyfink · 10-23-2006, 02:00 AM

so this works great, but when the PC turns back on, frodoplayer resumes on the same song that it turned on playing. basically the PC takes this command and makes it a hard shutdown... is there a way for it to reboot to the LAST song played not the FIRST song played