How to application start before shutdown or shutdown click?

Question

Hello How to application start before shutdown or shutdown click? I want to run application automatically when we will be click on shut down or restart button using c# .net windows application. Please help me. How can we do this task? Thanks in Advance. Ankit Agarwal Software Engineer

Amit Gupta · Answer

I am not very sure that whether it will work or not. You can try the steps In your form closingevent you can check whether your form has been closing via shutdown. bool waitOnShutdown = true ; private void Form1_FormClosing( object sender FormClosingEventArgs e) { if (e.CloseReason.Equals(CloseReason.WindowsShutDown)) { if (waitOnShutdown) { var process = new Process ( shutdown.exe  /a ); // cancel the shutdown process process.Start (); e.Cancel = true ; } // do your stuff here for backup // after backup done shutdown the system waitOnShutdown = false ; process.Argument = /s /t 0 ; process.Start (); } Hope this helps !!

Amit Gupta · Answer

Once user clicked on the shutdown button its not in you hand to stop this process unless it has been scheduled. Instead you can use formClosing event in your win forms and take your backup

Bikesh Srivastava · Answer

I never worked on this type of project but i think you need to catch firstly system shutdown event and override in your application.i think you can find inside Using system.managment name space.

Ankit Agarwal · Answer

Its a requirement of client.

Ankit Agarwal · Answer

Hello Amit Not bro I want to show popup or run application when user click on shutdown basically when user click on shutdown so it will be not shutdown until application run. Regards Ankit Agarwal Software Engineer

Ankit Agarwal · Answer

Hello Amit I build one backup utility application and i want to run this application when user click on Shutdown button or Restart button. my requirement is user will be take backup before shutdown or restart using c# .net application. Regards Ankit Agarwal

Amit Gupta · Answer

It would be more helpful if you elaborate your requirement a bit more. Do you want your application that runs before shutdown?