Vista - How to enable prompt to confirm shutdown/restart?

Hey all,

Is there a way to enable the prompt to confirm a logoff/restart/shutdown/...
whatever action? I accidentally shutdown the computer instead of selecting
Sleep the first time I had Vista, and I just did it again today.

Very annoying! Is there a way to enable the good old prompt?

Thanks!

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Eric Fortier
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I wasn't able to find anything in the Group Policy Editor, maybe I am not
looking right. But the only work around I can find so far is to enable the
Windows Classic menu. Of course you will loose the new Start menu options.
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"Eric Fortier" <ericsp@techlogic.ca> wrote in message
news:uNtrYZVBHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hey all,
>
> Is there a way to enable the prompt to confirm a
> logoff/restart/shutdown/...
> whatever action? I accidentally shutdown the computer instead of selecting
> Sleep the first time I had Vista, and I just did it again today.
>
> Very annoying! Is there a way to enable the good old prompt?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Eric Fortier
> http://www.tlnewsreader.com
>

> I wasn't able to find anything in the Group Policy Editor, maybe I am not
> looking right. But the only work around I can find so far is to enable the
> Windows Classic menu. Of course you will loose the new Start menu options.

To hell with the prompt then, I can't live without the new start menu!

I also assumed there was something in the policies, but I was equally unable to
find anything. Way too much stuff in there

Thanks for your reply, Andre.

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Eric Fortier
http://www.tlnewsreader.com

Hi Eric,

Open Notepad. Copy the following line, and paste it into Notepad:


(new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).ShutdownWindows();


Save the file as ShutdownDialogBox.js or whatever, but it must have the .js
extension. You can store the file anywhere you want, say, System32. Once
stored, right click on it, and, using Send To, send it to the Desktop
(create shortcut). On the desktop, rename the shortcut "Shutdown...". You
can then change the icon through the shortcut's properties (shell32.dll has
the official Classic Shutdown... icon: the red square with a circle in it).
If you want it in your Start Menu, drag it over the Start button, wait for
the Menu to open, and drop it among the pinned shortcuts. You now have a
Shutdown Dialog Box, à la XP.

Hope this helps,
Dean




"Eric Fortier" <ericsp@techlogic.ca> wrote in message
news:uNtrYZVBHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hey all,
>
> Is there a way to enable the prompt to confirm a
> logoff/restart/shutdown/...
> whatever action? I accidentally shutdown the computer instead of selecting
> Sleep the first time I had Vista, and I just did it again today.
>
> Very annoying! Is there a way to enable the good old prompt?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Eric Fortier
> http://www.tlnewsreader.com
>

> Open Notepad. Copy the following line, and paste it into Notepad:
> ...snip...

Wow, that's a pretty neat trick! I'll try it right away.

Thanks!

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Eric Fortier
http://www.tlnewsreader.com

Dean-dean, your idea did not work. Is it because I'm running on Windows Vista x32?

I saw the following error message:


IF, by any chance it IS the problem, can you tell me how to do this in Windows Vista x32?

I give up waiting for help. I have un-bookmarked this page.

If you had posted here directly, instead of through another news group, you
may have received the help you were seeking.

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

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You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

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> I give up waiting for help. I have un-bookmarked this page.
>
>
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> Internet Abuse Fighter

Hi IAF--

I be all confused. This here is a newsgroup--the old usenet. It can be
accessed many ways including the slow clunky MSFT HTML interface or much
better via NNTP newsreaders via OE in XP and Win Mail in Vista, and some
pretty elegant 3rd parties. I don't think it is a page you book mark. Most
importantly I don't see the issue anywhere that you say you waited for help
on. Could you please post it here?

CH

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