>I compiled the following simple Win32 application using
>VC++ 6.0 in Win95 but the program didn't work. It just
>exited like a normal application without shutting down
>the PC. What's wrong?
>
>

>// shutdown.cpp
>#include "stdafx.h"
>#include "windows.h"
>
>void main(int argc, char* argv[])
>{
>        ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN, 0);
>}
>
>

Are you running under NT? If so, the user needs specific permissions to be able to force a shutdown from an application; you'll need to use AdjustTokenPrivileges to enable the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege. You'll also probably need to use both EWX_FORCE and EWX_SHUTDOWN to avoid dialogs in any case.

Under Win95, ExitWindowsEx doesn't function properly from a console application. See the MSDN documentation for details.