Restart Pc - Personalize

[Mr.Zeus]

Hi guys!!

i Try to do open my project... reboot the pc once. And when you return the reboot, open my program without restart the pc. How do you do that?

Try doing that but always restarts and i don't know separate.


Thanks a lot, guys!

[SamOscarBrown]

????
Can't understand your problem.
If you want to run a program (executable) when a PC starts up, you can use the Windows' Task Scheduler.

[LaVolpe]

I think he is having a problem where each time is app launches it wants to force a reboot.

1. The RunOnce registry setting is a fair place to have a app begin with a new restart
2. If what I interpreted is correct, the app should not be written to try to reboot the system when it launches. If for some reason it needs to reboot the system, a prompt should be provided the user and then shutdown/restart initiated when the user agrees

[Mr.Zeus]

I think my problem did not understand, sorry for the English but I am very limited with the language. *facepalm*

I want this, an example:

When I open my application, the pc restarts only the first time on this computer. After the restart when he returns, open my application and this will not restart the pc.

(Best I can not describe haha)


One of my ideas to resolve this: when you run my application, create a .txt to check that the pc will restart. So when my application run again this is not going to restart, when i run it again on this pc.

[DataMiser]

Why do you want the PC to restart the first time they run your app?
Personally I would not want anything on my computer that forces it to restart.

[dilettante]

Yep. This would qualify as malware with me.

Can anyone list some legitmate reasons for applications to reboot the system anymore? It sounds like some attempt to bypass security by injecting things into the boot process, for example a trojan horse or privilege escalation service installation.

[stum]

i'll focus on the how not on the why.
On Form_Load , make it read a registry value or some file for example, that will have a value which will be read at application load ..

'Program loads
'Check if registry value exists
'If it does not exist - create it and restart PC
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim appName As String
    appName = App.Title

    If (GetSetting(appName, "MySettings", "PC_WAS_RESTARTED") <> "YES") Then

        Call SaveSetting(appName, "MySettings", "PC_WAS_RESTARTED", "YES")
        'Restart PC code 

    End If
End Sub

[Mr.Zeus]

Yep. This would qualify as malware with me.

Can anyone list some legitmate reasons for applications to reboot the system anymore? It sounds like some attempt to bypass security by injecting things into the boot process, for example a trojan horse or privilege escalation service installation.

What? is seriously this comment? if I want to malware, I go to a forum malware and fixed. Would not come here to ask for help. Is this logical.
By the way, is not forced reboot a msgbox will appear. Although necessary for the installation of the software.

If someone wants to help me without interest, I appreciate it. Otherwise, I will find help by myself. Thanks.

[Mr.Zeus]

i'll focus on the how not on the why.
On Form_Load , make it read a registry value or some file for example, that will have a value which will be read at application load ..

'Program loads
'Check if registry value exists
'If it does not exist - create it and restart PC
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim appName As String
    appName = App.Title

    If (GetSetting(appName, "MySettings", "PC_WAS_RESTARTED") <> "YES") Then

        Call SaveSetting(appName, "MySettings", "PC_WAS_RESTARTED", "YES")
        'Restart PC code 

    End If
End Sub

Thanks a lot, bro! I'll do a test later, now I don't have much time on the pc. Regards!

[dilettante]

Thread reported.

[fafalone]

One of my programs has a delete on reboot / reboot now? option for files that can't be deleted despite being on an admin account, maybe I should be presumed a malware writer too.. because who knows if I'm deleting a leftover from a game or a critical system file? Or is it only malware if I wanted to notify the user if the files were still there after a reboot despite being marked for deletion.

I know malware is bad and all but going after someone who asks how to know if the computer has been restarted seems a little overboard. What kind of malware is it you think he is capable of making in VB6 when this issue is such a roadblock he needs help with it? There's probably no need to reboot but I sincerely doubt it's malicious intent.

bypass security by injecting things into the boot process, for example a trojan horse or privilege escalation service installation.

Darnit, I wrote this sophisticated boot hijacker to inject my code into system processes, if only I could figure out how to restart the computer and know about it!
Come on guys.

[Phill.W]

Yes, it's a serious comment!
There is no good reason for any "regular" program to be rebooting a user's computer.

... Although necessary for the installation of the software ...

Applications are installed by installers. Use one.
They're allowed (and, indeed, expected) to behave differently from "regular" programs and can make [almost] any change you like to the machine (changes that users themselves are not allowed to make).

Even if you only use VB's Package and Deployment Wizard, you'll have far more success (and less Bug Reports and less software returned for refunds) than with your current method.

Regards, Phill W.

[FunkyDexter]

Mr. Zeus, we have no real way of knowing whether you're software would constitute malware or not. However, requiring a reboot the first time a program is run (as opposed to when it is installed) does seem like an unusual requirement and one that could potentially be used for malicious purposes. As you're a fairly new member that is going to raise some reasonable suspicions amongst the existing members. It's not that we're accusing you of writing malware, we just want to be sure that you don't.

With that in mind I'd ask you to provide a full explanation of why you're executable needs to force a reboot. That way we can know for certain that we're not helping you do anything we shouldn't and it's also quite likely that we can provide you with a better way of going about it.