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Article #15098Re: Rebooting the Machine, part 2
From: James A Beggs
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:18
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:18
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correction, now it does. How odd. Unless I misspelled it? I'm generally very careful about checking spelling when an error like that comes along. Ah well. "James A Beggs" <jbeggs@aqha.org> wrote in message news:3f146b56$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > I tried EWX_FORCEIFHUNG , it didnt recongize it.... > > Oh, and see my next post, labeled EGADS!!!! > > "Bob Gonder" <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote in message > news:uib8hvshroevuvo372amlsdfcrg1hkhprb@4ax.com... > > "James A Beggs" <jbeggs@aqha.org> wrote: > > > > >I'm trying to reboot the machine, where it powers down and back up, > > >completely from scratch. > > > > > >I've been using ExitWindowsEx(EWX_REBOOT | EXWFORCE, 0); > > > > > >However, I noticed that, at least on my laptop, this did nothing. So, I > > > > See Hugo's reply. > > > > >rewrote it as: > > >if (!ExitWindowsEx(EWX_REBOOT | EXWFORCE, 0)) > > > ExitWindowsEx(EWX_REBOOT & EWXFORCE, 0); > > > > > >The & worked, sort of, on my laptop. It logged me out of windows. And > > >exiting windows is fine, I guess, but I actually need a full reboot. How > > >would I do that instead? > > > > Well, yeah, reboot(2) & force(4) == logoff(0) > > > > The docs also say EWX_FORCE is a nasty thing to do. > > The header shows an EWX_FORCEIFHUNG that sounds nicer. > > > > > >
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