Delay Windows shutdown

[RoyceF]

I have a Windows service in which I need to detect the Windows shutdown event and, depending on what kind of processing I am doing at the time, delay the shutdown for a few seconds until my processing is complete. Can that be done?

Any help appreciated.

[.pcbrainbuster]

I'm not a hundred percent sure but I think I recall a message(maybe WM_SYSCOMMAND) that returns a value in wParam that tells you that windows is shutting down... And if you return false it won't...

[Marc G]

Handle WM_QUERYENDSESSION.

[RoyceF]

Thanks everyone for the help. I know about the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message and how to handle it. Originally, I was looking for a way to get around the hidden window in my service, but because I have to interact with my user, I must use it. I found that the AbortShutdown() API function is what I need to use to delay the system shutdown.