run at shutdown ...

_moved

is there any way to run exe at shutdown, any registry key ?. my app should check some things when windows exits. there is no reason to keep it during whole session in memory.

Alexander M

no "usual" way Don't try it, just do it! ;-)

David Crow

See if the WM_ENDSESSION message is of any help.

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

_moved

it does, although application should be whole time in memory. not a big deal, dos times are over and we have enough memory :-D

David Crow

Alex HexR wrote: ...although application should be whole time in memory. Which is not what you indicated in your original post. "There is no reason to keep it during whole session in memory" is not the same as "although application should be whole time in memory." Alex HexR wrote: not a big deal, dos times are over and we have enough memory This make no sense whatsoever. What does DOS and enough memory have to do with your post or my reply? You wanted to know when Windows was shutting down so that you could check some things. WM_ENDSESSION is the message you'll need to handle to know that Windows is shutting down.

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

jmkhael

A Solution is to create a remote thread in explorer that just start do the work when it detects a M_QUERYENDSESSION Papa while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

David Crow

The problem with the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message is that an application can return 0 in response to it and Windows will not shut down.

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

jmkhael

Exactly what he may need if he want to do some processing and then call the ExitWindow family of API Papa while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

David Crow

If, during the processing of the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message, a call is made to ExitWindows[Ex](), does that not re-send the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message? As I read Alex's original post, he was interested in doing something if Windows was shutting down, not if Windows was asked to be shut down. If work was done during the processing of WM_QUERYENDSESSION, it is not guaranteed that Windows will shut down, thus the processing may be immature.

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

jmkhael

You're right Papa while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

RaviBee

DavidCrow wrote: dos times are over "dos" -> "those", methinks. :) /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com

David Crow

I'm unclear on your intent here as none of my posts in this thread mentioned anything about "dos times are over."

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

RaviBee

I was referring to Alex's post. I think he meant "those times are over", where as you interpreted his misspelling as having to do with DOS. /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com

David Crow

Nothing was misspelled. He clearly meant DOS.

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

RaviBee

OK. It just didn't appear that way to me. We're both talking about this msg[^], right? /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com

David Crow

Ravi Bhavnani wrote: We're both talking about this msg[^], right? Correct.

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

toxcct

so, as i understand Alex's question (or even if it is not his, it's mine :-D), is there a way to lauch a program which is not executing when windows shuts down (and so don't use memory for nothing - because it is not needed before the loggout) ? the problem is, when you catch the WM_ENDSESSION , the program must be currently running to catch the event...

TOXCCT >>> GEII power