I am experimenting with VB.NET 2005 Express (Free). I am attempting to write a small utility. I thought I had all the hard parts figured out and working properly. Now I want my app to give an option to reboot the system. I "thought" that should be simple (and may still be) but I have spent 3 days with google and have found nothing I can make work. Shell("shutdown.exe -r-t00") looked promising but it didn't reboot at least not in the IDE. I sure would appreciate a little help here. Wife started the day by asking "Are you going to be on that computer all day?" Thanks in advance Mike
Code: ' SHUT DOWN AND RESTART IN VB6 Const EWX_LogOff As Long = 0 Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1 Const EWX_REBOOT = 2 Const EWX_FORCE = 4 Private Declare Function ExitWindows _ Lib "User32" Alias "ExitWindowsEx" _ (ByVal dwOptions As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long Private Sub Command1_Click() 'Shut down windows ExitWindows EWX_SHUTDOWN, &HFFFFFFFF End Sub Private Sub Command2_Click() ExitWindows EWX_REBOOT, &HFFFFFFFF End Sub
Thanks but thats for VB6 I need VB 2005. I'll keep looking. I'm new to this and may well have missed something.
Sorry about that, here, this should work, I just tested it in 2005: Code: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start (Shutdown", "/s") 'to shutdown System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Shutdown", "/r") 'to restart System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Shutdown", "/l") 'to logoff System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Shutdown", "/a") 'to abort You can add '/t 30' as an argument to set the wait time before action is taken (where 30 is the number, in seconds, to wait). Ex: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Shutdown", "/r /t 30")
You are the man That did it. Thanks a million. It appears you know a thing or two about VB. I am writing this little utility to turn on XPs autoadminlogin. Yea I know there are several ways to go about doing this without a utility, but I sometimes do this on a domain. I never could remember the keys. This utility should put a nice front end on it. I would love to have you take a look at it when I get finished. Like I said this is my first try at VB.NET. I would really appreciate someone giving me some thoughts. Can I send it to you in a few days when I get done? Mike
Something to keep in mind: Shutdown.exe is only available in XP. Anything prior, such as 2000, NT, 98, etc., will not respond to shutdown commands.
Thanks Glock Bob. Yea, I know that. This utility is primely for setting up a new machine. It works on the XP registry so I'm sure it has other XP only features as well. I will keep that in mind if and when I write another.
