>Hi,
> I used to do so before using the following parameter:
>#DEFINE EWX_LOGOFF 0
>#DEFINE EWX_SHUTDOWN 1
>#DEFINE EWX_REBOOT 2
>#DEFINE EWX_FORCE 4
>#DEFINE EWX_POWEROFF 8
>
>ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN, 0)
>
>it do shutdown. !!!! However, if there are many running application while u issue ExitWindowsEx() it won shutdown ... (sometime) but it working last time in Win95..try it out.....!!!! if u can solve my problem please told me ...

You need to use both the EWX_SHUTDOWN and EWX_FORCE flags to close all running apps that fail to respond to SendMessage() via TerminateProcess(). Instead of your existing coding, try:

ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN + EWX_FORCE, 0)