Executing a batch script on Windows shutdown

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Is there any way  in Windows 7 Professional  to run a batch script  e g   a  BAT file  when the user clicks on  shutdown   not a batch file scheduled to shut down the machine  just one that runs only if the user clicks on  shutdown     Ideally  such a script would show the command prompt window and offer an option to cancel the shutdown procedure   Solutions that do not require a third-party utility would be preferable

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I found this topic while searching for run script for startup and shutdown Windows 10  Those answers above didn t working  For me on windows 10 worked when I put scripts to task scheduler  How to do this  press window key and write Task scheduler  open it  then on the right is Add task    button  Here you can add scripts  PS  I found action for startup and logout user  there is not for shutdown

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Create your own shutdown script - called Myshutdown bat - and do whatever you were going to do in your script and then at the end of it call shutdown  a   Then execute your bat file instead of the normal shutdown    See http   www w7forums com threads run-batch-file-on-shutdown 11860  for more info

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Well  its an easy way of doing some registry changes  I tried this on 2008 r2 and 2016 servers   Things need to be done    Create a text file  regedit txt  Paste the following code in it      Windows Registry Editor Version 5 00    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Group Policy State Machine Scripts    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Group Policy State Machine Scripts Shutdown     HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Group Policy Scripts Shutdown         HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Group Policy State Machine Scripts Shutdown 0     GPO-ID   LocalGPO       SOM-ID   Local       FileSysPath   C   Windows  System32  GroupPolicy  Machine       DisplayName   Local Group Policy       GPOName   Local Group Policy        HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Group Policy State Machine Scripts Shutdown 0 0       Script   terminate script bat       Parameters          ExecTime  hex b  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00       HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Group Policy Scripts Shutdown 0   GPO-ID   LocalGPO       SOM-ID   Local       FileSysPath   C   Windows  System32  GroupPolicy  Machine       DisplayName   Local Group Policy       GPOName   Local Group Policy    HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Group Policy Scripts Shutdown 0 0       Script   terminate script bat       Parameters      IsPowershell  dword 00000000  ExecTime  hex b  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    Save this file as regedit reg extension Run it on any command line using below command   regedit exe  s regedit reg

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You can create a local computer policy on Windows  See the TechNet at http   technet microsoft com en-us magazine dd630947   Run gpedit msc to open the Group Policy Editor  Navigate to Computer Configuration   Windows Settings   Scripts  Startup Shutdown

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Programatically this can be achieved with SCHTASKS  SCHTASKS  Create  SC ONEVENT  mo  quot Event System  EventID 1074    quot   EC Security  tn on shutdown normal  tr  quot c  some bat quot    SCHTASKS  Create  SC ONEVENT  mo  quot Event System  EventID 6006    quot   EC Security  tn on shutdown 6006  tr  quot c  some bat quot    SCHTASKS  Create  SC ONEVENT  mo  quot Event System  EventID 6008    quot   EC Security  tn on shutdown 6008  tr  quot c  some bat quot

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For the above code to function  you need to make sure the following directories exist  mine didn t   Just add the following to a bat and run it   mkdir C  Windows System32 GroupPolicy Machine Scripts Startup mkdir C  Windows System32 GroupPolicy Machine Scripts Shutdown mkdir C  Windows System32 GroupPolicy User Scripts Startup mkdir C  Windows System32 GroupPolicy User Scripts Shutdown   It s just that GP needs those directories to exist for   Group Policy Local Computer Policy Windows Settings Scripts  Startup Shutdown    to function properly

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