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Can I force a reboot on app exit?
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11/02/1999 12:29:33
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00186106
Message ID:
00186627
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14
>I put this code into xboot.prg and then ran it... nothing happened.
>
>Is there more I need to know / do?
>
>Thanks
>
>>>I need to lock a PC so that it runs my app on startup and reboots when my app exits...
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>
>>DECLARE INTEGER ExitWindowsEx IN WIN32API INTEGER uFlags, INTEGER nReserved
>>ExitWindowsEx(2 + 4 + 16, 0)
>>

It worked on the machine I tested at home; try using 6 (drop the ForceIfHung flag, 0x10, from the flag mix) rather than 22, since that might not be in whatever version of the API you're using. It's a relatively late addition to the API.

>>>
>>>TIA
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