>I have tested this. The ON SHUTDOWN launches a tiny program with a messagebox. Via the Task Manager the messagebox displays AND the option is given to kill anyway. I think that shows at least some respect. However, The Taskkill tool does not at all display the messagebox. It immediately kills vfp.

Just in case this is not the same, and may help someone else:

Task Killer - http://www.rsdsoft.com/task_killer/index.php4 - kills it dead on the spot, no questions asked, and often kills what task manager won't. Also unloads services.