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VB.NET force reboot

I need to be able to force reboots on Win 2k and XP pro machines using VB.NET. Does anyone know how this is done?

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It says: Name "exitWindowsEx" is not declared.

Sorry it is a typo, missing s:

Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32" Alias "ExitWindowsEx" (ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long

ExitWindowsEx 2, 0

Some refinements:

In Vb.net declaration could be simpler:
Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32" (ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long

To ensure will reboot you can use:
Const EWX_REBOOT = 2
Const EWX_FORCE = 4
ExitWindowsEx(EWX_FORCE Or EWX_REBOOT, 0)

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That is compiling with no errors, but its not rebooting....

What OS? Maybe you don't have privileges.

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Win XP Pro. I am local and domain admin...privileges should be fine.

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Desp, I do not quite understand that source, or how to use it. Have you used that before?

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Just a little typo in my previous post.

You have to call ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN)

Actually correct call to reboot must be:
ExitWindowsEx(EWX_FORCE Or EWX_REBOOT, 0)

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I ended up using Shutdown.exe via shell call.

Thanks for the help.