Opposite of Win option 'Start up', is "Start down" imp

[adi2012]

Hello,

I am trying to find software (call it software 'X') that will be used for this:

When user clicks 'Shut down' button, there should be some software (which is always open) which has a task to close application I "tell" him to close (in my case EasyPHP). It is kind like opposite of Win "Start up" option, what I want is some kind of "Start down" option.

So, user clicks 'Shut down' button, application EasyPHP closes, because I "told" program 'X' to close it, and then shut down process continiues to do what it usually does.

I hope someone can help me with this because it would mean a lot to me!

All the best,

Adi

[MANEMAN]

Hi there. Welcome.

You can do the things you speak of with a batch file. (.bat) - YouTube video further down the page.

If you find the whole idea of writing batch files a bit too much for you, there is a program called "Batchrun" which allows you to write automated batch files with very little knowledge of Cmd prompts.

http://www.softpedia.../Batchrun.shtml

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Yet another, perhaps more simple way for you, would be to use a "Macro" automation.

This one is free and easy to use: http://www.spacetornado.com/DoItAgain/

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You may at some stage find "Control Pad" useful in the future. ( I use it all of the time )

http://www.sector-se...ware/controlpad

I am sure you will find many, many, more similar suggestions if you do a Google search also.

John.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIAu-HuPVxo

[adi2012]

Hello,

Thank you very much for your help.

Reason I asked this question is because I would like to close automatically program called "EasyPHP" on my PC before sutdown because it is giving me error message from apache.exe or mysqladmin.exe like this

"the application was unable to start correctly 0xc0000142"

Not sure why? When I first exit "EasyPHP" before shutdown then there is no error message.

I hope someone can help me with this.

Thank you!

Adi

[bludgard]

I kinda figured there was somkinda software out there that could do this stuff. Great links there, MANEMAN.

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When user clicks 'Shut down' button, there should be some software (which is always open) which has a task to close application I "tell" him to close (in my case EasyPHP). It is kind like opposite of Win "Start up" option, what I want is some kind of "Start down" option.

providing options to make this rather easy. I grabbed 'em all.