Which API call are you using? You need to call ExitWindowsEx() (not just ExitWindows()) with the EWX_REBOOT parameter.
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restarting win2k from command line or VB?
Can anyone tell me how to force win2k to restart (reboot) either from the command line or in VB?
I ahve been trying to do it from vb using an API call but it only logs the user off and doesn't reboot the machine.
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In order to programmatically reboot a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system, the process requires the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege. By default, Visual Basic applications do not have this privilege and therefore will not reboot the machine.
Visit the following link for details and a solution on how to get this to work in VB
http://support.microsoft.c
PS Some of the APIs have the wrong parameters and are declared private when they should be public. With some fiddling I got it to work fine though.
Will ask for a deletion of this question
You're so so funny man ;-))) LOL, you ask a question. You get valid comments for answer (not full answers but both valid) and you provide the answer yourself just sometimes after, rejecting a valid answer (command line)
Next time I have to ask a question, I'll cheap like you do, ask, get answers and then ask dor deletion in order to get my points back,
You're so so funny ;-) LOLAROTF
Fair player, certainly not !
mtoadmin
mtoadmin: Sorry. I'm not trying to get answers for nothing. Actually It's just that I found my answer before reading your comment and it meets all the requirements I asked for while your's doesn't.
I needed something built-in or some VB (to add to my program). The answer you suggested is not built into win2k if I understand correctly. It's a program I must download, install, and trust. It just didn't meet my requirements. I didn't want to have one more executable to carry around and worry about, just a built-in command line command or some VB I could add to my exe.
And as for porting it ... I am not a VB or C++ programmer. I would have had to ask *another* question just for that ;)
Oh, and pjknibb's answer does *not* work for the reasons explained in my "answer".
So while your answer is good, it's not what I asked for. (though admitedly I should have been clearer as to what I meant by command line).
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by: mtoadminPosted on 2000-07-05 at 01:55:42ID: 3183350
There is one in the resource kit: shutdown.exe
But more interresting is the following:
http://crv.mp3car.com/shut
Which comes with a source code in c++, you can probably port it to vb.
Beware of the shutdown.exe from the above mentionned link, it doesn't warn by default before shuting down (My machine just when down when I was trying it for you ;-)))
have fun
mtoadmin