Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Increase Windows Shutdown Time

If you have a program that needs additional time to shut itself off when shutting down your computer, you can increase the amount of time that Windows takes when it shuts down.
Warning: Be sure that you make a backup copy of your registry prior to making any changes to it.

Go to Start>> Run. Type in: regedit [Enter]

Drill to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Single click on the "Desktop" entry to empty its contents into the right pane. Now, find the following entry:

WaitToKillAppTimeout

Double click the entry and increase the value. (10000=10 seconds)

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