Member Avatar for Vineeth K

Hi friends i have a bigggg problem.

Yesterday me and my friend worked with vb and JAVA to test how to handle windows main controls and registry edit .
But today when i tried to Shut Down my pc it is not working.[ The restart button is working. ]
Thats not a virus problem i am sure becoz my antivirus didnot find anything .I don't know what to do.

We tried many things we know , but the Shut Down is still not working.
Plz i need somebodies help , plz its urgent.

Sorry , i am using XP service pack 3

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Good to see got the shutdown option back. The command-line test suggested by and was a useful diagnostic step because it separates the GUI menu from the OS shutdown path, and 's decision to restore a previous configuration explains the immediate recovery. The symptom — restart working but normal shutdown not — usually points to a configuration or user‑level component blocking the shutdown sequence rather than a hardware fault.

Useful follow-ups that were not detailed in the thread include inspecting the System and Application logs with eventvwr.msc for errors at the time of shutdown, running the System File Checker to repair damaged OS files (sfc /scannow), and testing in Safe Mode or from a freshly created user account to determine whether the problem is global or per-user. Disabling non-Microsoft startup items with msconfig can reveal a third‑party process that prevents shutdown.

If the issue persists after those checks, try a few deeper diagnostics: temporarily terminate the shell to see if Explorer is blocking shutdown (taskkill /im explorer.exe /f), review local group policy (XP Pro: gpedit.msc) for any rules that remove shutdown access, examine long-running services and device drivers in Services and Device Manager, and scan for third‑party shell extensions using tools such as Autoruns or ShellExView. Those steps help distinguish between a bad service/driver, a shell extension, or a policy/configuration change.

A final note of caution: always capture a system backup or restore point before experimenting with system settings or registry edits. When testing risky tweaks, using a virtual machine prevents damage to the main system. Credit to , and for the practical suggestions that led to a successful restore.

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Member Avatar for sennetor

Vineeth,

Try this and let us know what happens.
Start>Run
type shutdown/s and let us know what happens.
If this works then its probably a registry problem & you'll need to peform a system restore if available or restore the registry hive.

Regards

Chris

Member Avatar for henrywilson

Hi.............try this command.

start>run>cmd>shutdown -s

take care buddy...bye...

Member Avatar for cguan_77

you should backup your registry before trying to do anything...try suggestion above do a system restore..
check out this site from MS it might help..

Good luck!

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Member Avatar for Vineeth K

Thanks friends that's a real help.And it works for me.
I think that's the problem of my registry.
Now its fully restored.
The problem is when i used vb to access shutdown and restart function , somehow it damaged the registry [ i think ]
Thanks a lot ............

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