Doug

ON SHUTDOWN will do this for you.

Kev

>Dave,
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>>George,
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>>I'll bet Windows is a little hestitant to start a program when it's broadcasting a "hey everyone Windows is terminating" message. *s*
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>*chuckle*
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>Sure but aren't programs allowed to gracefully shut down in a situation like this? IOW, wouldn't Word (for example) automatically save a file in this case? If so, then wouldn't there be a way to have a VFP program essentially respond, "Alright already! Give me a second to shut down and clean up before you proceed." <g>
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>>>You'll have to run some sort of program. The Task Scheduler could be used to handle the startup, but, unfortunately, doesn't have any option for the shutdown.