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Is there any way to execute a Batch- or PowerShell-Script on shutdown using Windows 8 without disabling FastBoot?
I know you can add a script using "gpedit.msc", but I found that Windows 8 won't execute the shutdown script as long as FastBoot is enabled.
Having to deploy the script in an enterprise I don't wanna add shutdown command at the end of the script and tell some dozens people to shutdown the PC via the script.
an_heissel
Posted 2013-04-17T07:12:17.160
Reputation: 71
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Create a wmi event watcher on Win32_ComputerShutdownEvent, run it silently in the background from your logon script. It will wait all-day for the shutdown command. Upon event, send the "shutdown -a" and call your script.
Knuckle-Dragger
Posted 2013-04-17T07:12:17.160
Reputation: 1 817
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I found this at KIOSKEA(work below) also check this out.
Open notepad and copy the code below:
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\State\Machine\Scripts\Startup]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Startup\0]
"GPO-ID"="LocalGPO"
"SOM-ID"="Local"
"FileSysPath"="C:\\Windows\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\Machine"
"DisplayName"="Stratégie de groupe locale"
"GPOName"="Stratégie de groupe locale"
[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"="Stratégie de groupe locale"
"GPOName"="Stratégie de groupe locale"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Startup\0\0]
"Script"="C:\\script1.bat"
"Parameters"=""
"ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
Once you understand the code, you can adapt it to suit your needs by changing some of the variables.
C:\\script.bat represents the path to your script on the hard disk.
0 represents the number of the script in case you have several scripts to run.
Startup is the time of execution of the script (at startup is Startup and shutdown is Shutdown)
It is possible to add multiple scripts:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Startup\0\0]
"Script"="C:\\script1.bat"
"Parameters"=""
"ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
It is also possible to specify parameters for the execution of this script by changing the Parameters field.
Finally, save this text file:
meain
Posted 2013-04-17T07:12:17.160
Reputation: 164
May you can do something along the lines of this user http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4782944/run-a-batch-file-on-windows-7-shutdown-before-closing-programs-preferrably-on-p who wanted to shutdown his Virtual machine on Windows shutdown. Note that that posts references others too.
– Jan Doggen – 2013-04-17T07:52:10.5771Thank you for your quick answer, but i cant find any solution in this post. The problem is, that Windows won't execute any scripts i added to be executed on shutdown via "gpedit.msc". It works if i use "shutdown -s" or restart the pc – an_heissel – 2013-04-17T08:13:07.977
Ah, I misread that post - he is also using a script. – Jan Doggen – 2013-04-17T10:00:24.727
Ok I did some research again. It appears, that it is no longer possible with Win8 to execute a script on shutdown using gpedit. I was told, that a possible solution would be to create a scheduled task and link this to an event, that occurs on shutdown, yet i didn´t try this one – an_heissel – 2013-04-23T11:47:28.743
Did that work? :) – None – 2013-12-08T00:09:02.700