Preventing app shutdown

Mantorok

Hi all

Is there any way to prevent a user from closing down an application (via
task manager)?

Thanks
Kev

May 8 '06 #1

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Mehdi

On Mon, 8 May 2006 15:55:22 +0100, Mantorok wrote:

Is there any way to prevent a user from closing down an application (via
task manager)?

No.

If the application is a Windows Service, only administrators will be able
to shut it down though (but a Windows Service can not have a UI).

There might be some security settings in Windows that could prevent certain
groups of users from using the task manager. Your network administrator
might be able to configure that.

May 8 '06 #2

Mantorok

> On Mon, 8 May 2006 15:55:22 +0100, Mantorok wrote:

Is there any way to prevent a user from closing down an application
(via task manager)?
No.

Thanks, thought as much.
If the application is a Windows Service, only administrators will be
able to shut it down though (but a Windows Service can not have a UI).

There might be some security settings in Windows that could prevent
certain groups of users from using the task manager. Your network
administrator might be able to configure that.

Unfortunately some of these users are domain administrators....

Thanks
Kev

May 8 '06 #3

Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]

"Mantorok" <sp******@spam.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 May 2006 15:55:22 +0100, Mantorok wrote:
Is there any way to prevent a user from closing down an application
(via task manager)?

No.

Thanks, thought as much.
If the application is a Windows Service, only administrators will be
able to shut it down though (but a Windows Service can not have a UI).

There might be some security settings in Windows that could prevent
certain groups of users from using the task manager. Your network
administrator might be able to configure that.

Unfortunately some of these users are domain administrators....

Thanks
Kev

You could have a sentinal program that looked for you application and if it
was killed, restarted it - or do you have to really stop it being closed in
the first place?

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelpMentor
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk

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