How do i write a code to.....

[Monkey_eric]

How do i write a code to close down the computer automatically? This is becuase i wanna write a program like when someone click the command button, then the window will close down by itself. I make it for my game project ....

[crptcblade]

So, do you want to close the window, or the entire machine?

[Jamie_Garland]

This code should help you...

End Type
Private Type Luid
    lowpart As Long
    highpart As Long
End Type
Private Type LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
    'pLuid As Luid
    pLuid As LARGE_INTEGER
    Attributes As Long
End Type
Private Type TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    PrivilegeCount As Long
    Privileges(ANYSIZE_ARRAY) As LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
End Type
Private Declare Function InitiateSystemShutdown Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "InitiateSystemShutdownA" (ByVal lpMachineName As String, ByVal lpMessage As String, ByVal dwTimeout As Long, ByVal bForceAppsClosed As Long, ByVal bRebootAfterShutdown As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function OpenProcessToken Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal ProcessHandle As Long, ByVal DesiredAccess As Long, TokenHandle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetCurrentProcess Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Private Declare Function LookupPrivilegeValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "LookupPrivilegeValueA" (ByVal lpSystemName As String, ByVal lpName As String, lpLuid As LARGE_INTEGER) As Long
Private Declare Function AdjustTokenPrivileges Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal TokenHandle As Long, ByVal DisableAllPrivileges As Long, NewState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ByVal BufferLength As Long, PreviousState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ReturnLength As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetComputerName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetLastError Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Public Function InitiateShutdownMachine(ByVal Machine As String, Optional Force As Variant, Optional Restart As Variant, Optional AllowLocalShutdown As Variant, Optional Delay As Variant, Optional Message As Variant) As Boolean
    Dim hProc As Long
    Dim OldTokenStuff As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    Dim OldTokenStuffLen As Long
    Dim NewTokenStuff As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    Dim NewTokenStuffLen As Long
    Dim pSize As Long
    If IsMissing(Force) Then Force = False
    If IsMissing(Restart) Then Restart = True
    If IsMissing(AllowLocalShutdown) Then AllowLocalShutdown = False
    If IsMissing(Delay) Then Delay = 0
    If IsMissing(Message) Then Message = ""
    'Make sure the Machine-name doesn't start with '\\'
    If InStr(Machine, "\\") = 1 Then
        Machine = Right(Machine, Len(Machine) - 2)
    End If
    'check if it's the local machine that's going to be shutdown
    If (LCase(GetMyMachineName) = LCase(Machine)) Then
        'may we shut this computer down?
        If AllowLocalShutdown = False Then Exit Function
        'open access token
        If OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES Or TOKEN_QUERY, hProc) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "OpenProcessToken Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If
        'retrieve the locally unique identifier to represent the Shutdown-privilege name
        If LookupPrivilegeValue(vbNullString, SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME, OldTokenStuff.Privileges(0).pLuid) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "LookupPrivilegeValue Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If
        NewTokenStuff = OldTokenStuff
        NewTokenStuff.PrivilegeCount = 1
        NewTokenStuff.Privileges(0).Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED
        NewTokenStuffLen = Len(NewTokenStuff)
        pSize = Len(NewTokenStuff)
        'Enable shutdown-privilege
        If AdjustTokenPrivileges(hProc, False, NewTokenStuff, NewTokenStuffLen, OldTokenStuff, OldTokenStuffLen) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "AdjustTokenPrivileges Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If
        'initiate the system shutdown
        If InitiateSystemShutdown("\\" & Machine, Message, Delay, Force, Restart) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
        NewTokenStuff.Privileges(0).Attributes = 0
        'Disable shutdown-privilege
        If AdjustTokenPrivileges(hProc, False, NewTokenStuff, Len(NewTokenStuff), OldTokenStuff, Len(OldTokenStuff)) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
    Else
        'initiate the system shutdown
        If InitiateSystemShutdown("\\" & Machine, Message, Delay, Force, Restart) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
    End If
    InitiateShutdownMachine = True
End Function
Function GetMyMachineName() As String
    Dim sLen As Long
    'create a buffer
    GetMyMachineName = Space(100)
    sLen = 100
    'retrieve the computer name
    If GetComputerName(GetMyMachineName, sLen) Then
        GetMyMachineName = Left(GetMyMachineName, sLen)
    End If
End Function
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
 InitiateShutdownMachine GetMyMachineName, True, True, True, 60, "You initiated a system shutdown..."
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 
   
End Sub

[RobDog888]

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32" (ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long
 
Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0
Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1
Const EWX_REBOOT = 2
Const EWX_FORCE = 4
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    ExitWindowsEx EWX_FORCE Or EWX_SHUTDOWN , 0
End Sub

[SwInY]

shell shutdown.exe -s

simple?

[RobDog888]

shutdown.exe is OS version specific.

[RhinoBull]

Whilst ExitWindowsEx is supported by every post Win3.1 OS the following needs to be taken into consideration:

from MDSN:

Windows Me/98/95: Because of the design of the shell, calling ExitWindowsEx with EWX_FORCE fails to completely log off the user (the system terminates the applications and displays the Enter Windows Password dialog box, however, the user's desktop remains.) To log off the user forcibly, terminate the Explorer process before calling ExitWindowsEx with EWX_LOGOFF and EWX_FORCE.
...
Console processes receive a separate notification message, CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT or CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT, as the situation warrants. A console process routes these messages to its HandlerRoutine function. ExitWindowsEx sends these notification messages asynchronously; thus, an application cannot assume that the console notification messages have been handled when a call to ExitWindowsEx returns.
...
Windows Me/98/95: ExitWindowsEx does not work from a console application.

[sessi4ml]

Jamie_Garland, your code has a problem. You start with 'End Type' and you use 'pLuid As LARGE_INTEGER'
What is 'LARGE_INTEGER' ?
I would like to know how to shut down a PC...saves on all PC hardware and protects it too.

[Jenova]

LARGE_INTEGER is a structure used to represent a 64 bit integer. Each element in the structure represents a 32 bit integer.

Private Type LARGE_INTEGER
    Lowpart As Long    ' Low order 32 bits
    Highpart As Long    ' High order 32 bits
End Type

[sessi4ml]

The shut-Down code is becoming closer to running...

Private Type TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    PrivilegeCount As Long
    Privileges(ANYSIZE_ARRAY) As LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
End Type

What about 'ANYSIZE_ARRAY' ?
Incert any whole number?
Thanks

[Jenova]

ANYSIZE_ARRAY is a constant with the value of 1

Private Const ANYSIZE_ARRAY As Long = 1

Copy and Paste the constant above the TOKEN_PRIVILEGES structure.

[RobDog888]

You like doing things the hard way? My code does work and is very simple and easy.

[sessi4ml]

Sir Rob, I know you are a very bright person, and your code did not work on my XP home computer, but I will try again on a different computer that has VB6 pro loaded.
Also, over half the code I use, find, locate I really don't understand, yet I normally know how to use it. Thanks for being here.

[RobDog888]

Did you place the code from #4 behind a form in a new project, run, and still nothing?

[sessi4ml]

OpenProcessToken Error: 5
Nope, still not working....maybe I am doing something wrong?

Private Const ANYSIZE_ARRAY As Long = 1

Private Type LARGE_INTEGER
    Lowpart As Long    ' Low order 32 bits
    Highpart As Long    ' High order 32 bits
End Type

Private Type Luid
    Lowpart As Long
    Highpart As Long
End Type

Private Type LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
    'pLuid As Luid
    pLuid As LARGE_INTEGER
    Attributes As Long
End Type

Private Type TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    PrivilegeCount As Long
    Privileges(ANYSIZE_ARRAY) As LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
End Type

Private Declare Function InitiateSystemShutdown Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "InitiateSystemShutdownA" (ByVal lpMachineName As String, ByVal lpMessage As String, ByVal dwTimeout As Long, ByVal bForceAppsClosed As Long, ByVal bRebootAfterShutdown As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function OpenProcessToken Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal ProcessHandle As Long, ByVal DesiredAccess As Long, TokenHandle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetCurrentProcess Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Private Declare Function LookupPrivilegeValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "LookupPrivilegeValueA" (ByVal lpSystemName As String, ByVal lpName As String, lpLuid As LARGE_INTEGER) As Long
Private Declare Function AdjustTokenPrivileges Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal TokenHandle As Long, ByVal DisableAllPrivileges As Long, NewState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ByVal BufferLength As Long, PreviousState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ReturnLength As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetComputerName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetLastError Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Public Function InitiateShutdownMachine(ByVal Machine As String, Optional Force As Variant, Optional Restart As Variant, Optional AllowLocalShutdown As Variant, Optional Delay As Variant, Optional Message As Variant) As Boolean

    Dim hProc As Long
    Dim OldTokenStuff As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    Dim OldTokenStuffLen As Long
    Dim NewTokenStuff As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    Dim NewTokenStuffLen As Long
    Dim pSize As Long

    If IsMissing(Force) Then Force = False
    If IsMissing(Restart) Then Restart = True
    If IsMissing(AllowLocalShutdown) Then AllowLocalShutdown = False
    If IsMissing(Delay) Then Delay = 0
    If IsMissing(Message) Then Message = ""
    'Make sure the Machine-name doesn't start with '\'
    If InStr(Machine, "\\") = 1 Then
        Machine = Right(Machine, Len(Machine) - 2)
    End If

    'check if it's the local machine that's going to be shutdown
    If (LCase(GetMyMachineName) = LCase(Machine)) Then
        'may we shut this computer down?
        If AllowLocalShutdown = False Then Exit Function
        'open access token
        If OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES Or TOKEN_QUERY, hProc) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "OpenProcessToken Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If

        'retrieve the locally unique identifier to represent the Shutdown-privilege name
        If LookupPrivilegeValue(vbNullString, SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME, OldTokenStuff.Privileges(0).pLuid) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "LookupPrivilegeValue Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If

        NewTokenStuff = OldTokenStuff
        NewTokenStuff.PrivilegeCount = 1
        NewTokenStuff.Privileges(0).Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED
        NewTokenStuffLen = Len(NewTokenStuff)
        pSize = Len(NewTokenStuff)
        'Enable shutdown-privilege
        If AdjustTokenPrivileges(hProc, False, NewTokenStuff, NewTokenStuffLen, OldTokenStuff, OldTokenStuffLen) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "AdjustTokenPrivileges Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If

        'initiate the system shutdown
        If InitiateSystemShutdown("\\" & Machine, Message, Delay, Force, Restart) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
        NewTokenStuff.Privileges(0).Attributes = 0
        'Disable shutdown-privilege
        If AdjustTokenPrivileges(hProc, False, NewTokenStuff, Len(NewTokenStuff), OldTokenStuff, Len(OldTokenStuff)) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
    Else
        'initiate the system shutdown
        If InitiateSystemShutdown("\\" & Machine, Message, Delay, Force, Restart) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
    End If
    InitiateShutdownMachine = True
End Function

Function GetMyMachineName() As String
    Dim sLen As Long
    'create a buffer
    GetMyMachineName = Space(100)
    sLen = 100
    'retrieve the computer name
    If GetComputerName(GetMyMachineName, sLen) Then
        GetMyMachineName = Left(GetMyMachineName, sLen)
    End If
End Function

Private Sub Command1_Click()
 InitiateShutdownMachine GetMyMachineName, True, True, True, 60, "You initiated a system shutdown..."
End Sub

[RobDog888]

Weird, on my XP system it doesnt work but the logof forced does.

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32" (ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long
 
Private Const EWX_LOGOFF As Long = 0
Private Const EWX_SHUTDOWN As Long = 1
Private Const EWX_REBOOT As Long = 2
Private Const EWX_FORCE As Long = 4
Private Const EWX_POWEROFF As Long = &H8
Private Const EWX_FORCEIFHUNG As Long = &H10
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    ExitWindowsEx EWX_FORCE Or EWX_LOGOFF, 0
End Sub

Maybe its a SP-2 security thing?

[Jenova]

' Shutdown Flags
Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0
Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1
Const EWX_REBOOT = 2
Const EWX_FORCE = 4
Const SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = &H2
Const TokenPrivileges = 3
Const TOKEN_ASSIGN_PRIMARY = &H1
Const TOKEN_DUPLICATE = &H2
Const TOKEN_IMPERSONATE = &H4
Const TOKEN_QUERY = &H8
Const TOKEN_QUERY_SOURCE = &H10
Const TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = &H20
Const TOKEN_ADJUST_GROUPS = &H40
Const TOKEN_ADJUST_DEFAULT = &H80
Const SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME = "SeShutdownPrivilege"
Const ANYSIZE_ARRAY = 1
Private Type LARGE_INTEGER
    lowpart As Long
    highpart As Long
End Type
Private Type Luid
    lowpart As Long
    highpart As Long
End Type
Private Type LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
    'pLuid As Luid
    pLuid As LARGE_INTEGER
    Attributes As Long
End Type
Private Type TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    PrivilegeCount As Long
    Privileges(ANYSIZE_ARRAY) As LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
End Type
Private Declare Function InitiateSystemShutdown Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "InitiateSystemShutdownA" (ByVal lpMachineName As String, ByVal lpMessage As String, ByVal dwTimeout As Long, ByVal bForceAppsClosed As Long, ByVal bRebootAfterShutdown As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function OpenProcessToken Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal ProcessHandle As Long, ByVal DesiredAccess As Long, TokenHandle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetCurrentProcess Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Private Declare Function LookupPrivilegeValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "LookupPrivilegeValueA" (ByVal lpSystemName As String, ByVal lpName As String, lpLuid As LARGE_INTEGER) As Long
Private Declare Function AdjustTokenPrivileges Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal TokenHandle As Long, ByVal DisableAllPrivileges As Long, NewState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ByVal BufferLength As Long, PreviousState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ReturnLength As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetComputerName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetLastError Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Public Function InitiateShutdownMachine(ByVal Machine As String, Optional Force As Variant, Optional Restart As Variant, Optional AllowLocalShutdown As Variant, Optional Delay As Variant, Optional Message As Variant) As Boolean
    Dim hProc As Long
    Dim OldTokenStuff As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    Dim OldTokenStuffLen As Long
    Dim NewTokenStuff As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    Dim NewTokenStuffLen As Long
    Dim pSize As Long
    If IsMissing(Force) Then Force = False
    If IsMissing(Restart) Then Restart = True
    If IsMissing(AllowLocalShutdown) Then AllowLocalShutdown = False
    If IsMissing(Delay) Then Delay = 0
    If IsMissing(Message) Then Message = ""
    'Make sure the Machine-name doesn't start with '\\'
    If InStr(Machine, "\\") = 1 Then
        Machine = Right(Machine, Len(Machine) - 2)
    End If
    'check if it's the local machine that's going to be shutdown
    If (LCase(GetMyMachineName) = LCase(Machine)) Then
        'may we shut this computer down?
        If AllowLocalShutdown = False Then Exit Function
        'open access token
        If OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES Or TOKEN_QUERY, hProc) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "OpenProcessToken Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If
        'retrieve the locally unique identifier to represent the Shutdown-privilege name
        If LookupPrivilegeValue(vbNullString, SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME, OldTokenStuff.Privileges(0).pLuid) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "LookupPrivilegeValue Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If
        NewTokenStuff = OldTokenStuff
        NewTokenStuff.PrivilegeCount = 1
        NewTokenStuff.Privileges(0).Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED
        NewTokenStuffLen = Len(NewTokenStuff)
        pSize = Len(NewTokenStuff)
        'Enable shutdown-privilege
        If AdjustTokenPrivileges(hProc, False, NewTokenStuff, NewTokenStuffLen, OldTokenStuff, OldTokenStuffLen) = 0 Then
            MsgBox "AdjustTokenPrivileges Error: " & GetLastError()
            Exit Function
        End If
        'initiate the system shutdown
        If InitiateSystemShutdown("\\" & Machine, Message, Delay, Force, Restart) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
        NewTokenStuff.Privileges(0).Attributes = 0
        'Disable shutdown-privilege
        If AdjustTokenPrivileges(hProc, False, NewTokenStuff, Len(NewTokenStuff), OldTokenStuff, Len(OldTokenStuff)) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
    Else
        'initiate the system shutdown
        If InitiateSystemShutdown("\\" & Machine, Message, Delay, Force, Restart) = 0 Then
            Exit Function
        End If
    End If
    InitiateShutdownMachine = True
End Function
Function GetMyMachineName() As String
    Dim sLen As Long
    'create a buffer
    GetMyMachineName = Space(100)
    sLen = 100
    'retrieve the computer name
    If GetComputerName(GetMyMachineName, sLen) Then
        GetMyMachineName = Left(GetMyMachineName, sLen)
    End If
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 2000
    'URL: [url]http://www.allapi.net/[/url]
    'E-Mail: [email][email protected][/email]
    InitiateShutdownMachine GetMyMachineName, True, True, True, 60, "You initiated a system shutdown..."
End Sub

Here is the code you need, this reboots the computer.

[sessi4ml]

Jenova, the code is working. This will allow me to turn off all PC at night.
The Task Manager will run it. Once I make some small...very small changes I will summit for your approval for the Forumn.