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Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown

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Gabriel Knight wrote on 4/26/2012 :
> Greetings,
>
> Not sure if this is something I can resolve in my VB application, or
> if it is something that needs to be addressed at the Windows level.
>
> My application runs a dir() query every x minutes. The computer runs
> this in XP Mode and it stays running from startup. This application
> was made in order to resolve some connectivity problems they were
> having with two DOS applications that run in XP Mode.
>
> The problems are resolved by this application, but when the user
> issues a shutdown of the Windows 7 host computer, if my application is
> still running they get a transparent screen overlay offering them to
> force close the application.
>
> If my application is shutdown in advance, everything is fine, but this
> would be a nuisance to the users.
>
> Is there a way for me to detect that there is a shutdown requested?
> I'm not even sure if this gets passed to the XP Mode guest virtual
> computer. This may be something that needs to be handled in more than
> one scope; I'm not sure how - or even if - an application running in
> XP Mode will receive notification that the host is attempting to
> shutdown.
>
> Any advice or reference would be appreciated.

What does Windows do with the XPMode VM when the host is shutting down? 
 Does it attempt to hibernate it?  Does it send a shutdown signal?  
Does it simply "pull the plug"?  If we can understand that, there's an 
answer to be found.

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VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown Gabriel Knight <me@somewhere.com> - 2012-04-26 10:27 -0400
  Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-04-26 10:40 -0400
    Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown Gabriel Knight <me@somewhere.com> - 2012-04-27 05:15 -0400
    Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown Gabriel Knight <me@somewhere.com> - 2012-04-28 04:53 -0400
      Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2012-04-30 11:58 -0700
        Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown Ulrich Korndoerfer <ulrich_wants_nospam@prosource.de> - 2012-05-01 00:14 +0200
          Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown "David Youngblood" <dwy@flash.net> - 2012-05-01 02:52 -0500
            Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2012-05-01 09:28 -0700
  Re: VB6 application in XP Mode, Host computer issues shutdown Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2012-05-01 09:29 -0700

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