blitzkrg Posted April 16, 2009 Posted April 16, 2009 Does anyone know if there is a graceful shutdown flag in windows? So lets say my server crashes, when it starts back up, i may not want certain programs to run. So i was thinking, when shutting down gracefully, is a flag/bit set? I could check for that, and if it doesnt exist, assume crash/power failure and then prevent certain programs from running?
PsaltyDS Posted April 16, 2009 Posted April 16, 2009 Does anyone know if there is a graceful shutdown flag in windows?So lets say my server crashes, when it starts back up, i may not want certain programs to run.So i was thinking, when shutting down gracefully, is a flag/bit set? I could check for that, and if it doesnt exist, assume crash/power failure and then prevent certain programs from running?There is a "dirty bit" somewhere. When restarting the EventLog service, a fail event is added to the system log. Something along the lines of "Windows previous shutdown was unexpected...", or some such. Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law
blitzkrg Posted April 16, 2009 Author Posted April 16, 2009 There is a "dirty bit" somewhere. When restarting the EventLog service, a fail event is added to the system log. Something along the lines of "Windows previous shutdown was unexpected...", or some such. I will search on that - thanks for the info!
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