NAME¶

InitiateSystemShutdownExA (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

BOOL InitiateSystemShutdownExA
(
LPSTR lpMachineName,
LPSTR lpMessage,
DWORD dwTimeout,
BOOL bForceAppsClosed,
BOOL bRebootAfterShutdown,
DWORD dwReason
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Initiate a shutdown or optionally restart the computer.

PARAMS¶

lpMachineName [In] Network name of machine to shutdown. lpMessage [In] Message displayed in shutdown dialog box. dwTimeout [In] Number of seconds dialog is displayed before shutdown. bForceAppsClosed [In] If TRUE, applications close without saving, else dialog is displayed requesting user to close apps. bRebootAfterShutdown [In] If TRUE, system reboots after restart, else the system flushes all caches to disk and clears the screen. dwReason [In] Reason for shutting down. Must be a system shutdown reason code.

RETURNS¶

Success: TRUE Failure: FALSE.

NOTES¶

if lpMachineName is NULL, the local computer is shutdown.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winreg.h". Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/advapi.c". Debug channel "advapi".