Restarting windows from c++

[CRE]

Or more exactly, how does one access the windows API to do things like
shutdowns
?

--chris

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[John Harrison]

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:57:01 -0800, CRE <l4************@yahoo.com> wrote:

Or more exactly, how does one access the windows API to do things like
shutdowns
?

Your question is about the Windows API, not about C++. Ask in a Windows
programming group, news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 for instance.
You are off topic here.

john

[Mike Wahler]

"CRE" <l4************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:opsahxhb0nxqbskj@datamave-icwjaz...

Or more exactly, how does one access the windows API to do things like
shutdowns
?

One looks in the documentation for a Windows-targeted
implementation, which typically provides the API
reference, or visits www.msdn.microsoft.com, where
the API is documented.

Your query is not topical here.

Purpose of comp.lang.c++:
http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt

Locating newsgroups about given topics:
www.groups.google.com
-Mike

[JKop]

CRE posted:

Or more exactly, how does one access the windows API to do things like
shutdowns
?

--chris

#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
ExitWindowsEx(....
}
That's fun. But what's even more fun is getting into the device drivers for
the actual power, ie. electricity, to the computer, and just instantly
turning the computer off.

This if OFF-TOPIC, away with you to msnews.microsoft.com!
-JKOp

[Rainer Hausbach]

int main()

{
ExitWindowsEx(....
}

IMHO W95/W98/ME only.
Win NT,W2k&XP need adjusted Rights.

Rainer

[Unforgiven]

"Rainer Hausbach" <R.********@d-offline.de> wrote in message
news:cc*********@mail1.sbs.de...

int main()

{
ExitWindowsEx(....
}

IMHO W95/W98/ME only.
Win NT,W2k&XP need adjusted Rights.

Actually, this never works, at least not to shut down the system.

As you indicated, WinNT/2k/XP/2k3 need adjusted rights. You can however use
the code above to log off the current user without additional effort.
And while calling ExitWindowsEx to shut down is ok in Win9x, you can't
actually use it from a Console Application! ^_^

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Unforgiven

[JKop]

Unforgiven posted:

"Rainer Hausbach" <R.********@d-offline.de> wrote in message
news:cc*********@mail1.sbs.de...

int main()

{
ExitWindowsEx(....
}

IMHO W95/W98/ME only.
Win NT,W2k&XP need adjusted Rights.

Actually, this never works, at least not to shut down the system.

Lies. Shutting down the system was all I ever did when I started out with
Win32 programming.

As you indicated, WinNT/2k/XP/2k3 need adjusted rights. You can however
use the code above to log off the current user without additional
effort. And while calling ExitWindowsEx to shut down is ok in Win9x,
you can't actually use it from a Console Application! ^_^

Lies. Win32 Console Applications have full access to dynamically linked
libraries, namely the Win32 API.
-JKop

[Unforgiven]

"JKop" <NU**@NULL.NULL> wrote in message
news:CR*****************@news.indigo.ie...

Unforgiven posted:

"Rainer Hausbach" <R.********@d-offline.de> wrote in message
news:cc*********@mail1.sbs.de...

int main()
{
ExitWindowsEx(....
}
IMHO W95/W98/ME only.
Win NT,W2k&XP need adjusted Rights.

Actually, this never works, at least not to shut down the system.

Lies. Shutting down the system was all I ever did when I started out with
Win32 programming.

As you indicated, WinNT/2k/XP/2k3 need adjusted rights. You can however
use the code above to log off the current user without additional
effort. And while calling ExitWindowsEx to shut down is ok in Win9x,
you can't actually use it from a Console Application! ^_^

Lies. Win32 Console Applications have full access to dynamically linked
libraries, namely the Win32 API.

Then the Platform SDK is lying. From the documentation for ExitWindowsEx():
"To shut down or restart the system, the calling process must use the
AdjustTokenPrivileges function to enable the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege. For
more information, see Running with Special Privileges.
Windows Me/98/95: ExitWindowsEx does not work from a console application."
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...twindowsex.asp

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Unforgiven

[Mike Wahler]

"JKop" <NU**@NULL.NULL> wrote in message
news:CR*****************@news.indigo.ie...

Unforgiven posted: Shutting down the system was all I ever did when I started out with
Win32 programming.

LOL, same thing happened to me. Sometimes even required
a reinstall. :-)

-Mike