Shutdown Suite is a combination of small freeware apps that make shutting down, restarting or logging off your Windows PC a breeze. It contains two packages: “No Install” and “Installer”. Each package contains different applications. In “No Install” package, there are 6 programs.
Important thing to note is that these programs never ask for confirmation when they are launched. For Example: ShutDown Safe.exe application in this package shuts down computer immediately. But if there are any applications that have unsaved data, stops shutting down and wait for user’s reply to that program’s save warning. But ShutDown Force.exe ignores unsaved data and other programs and forces system to shut down. This may cause data loss. In “Installer” package, there are 3 programs: ShutDown, Reboot and LogOff. These programs have installer and uninstaller routines and display a tray icon and allows you shut down, reboot or log off your system easily via their tray icon menu. These programs also have “force” and “Start with Windows” options.
Shutdown suite is completely Free and works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista.
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This was useful to me. “LogOff Force.exe” did just what I needed, as a replacement for c:windowssystem32oobeaudit.exe, so that I no longer have to ctrl-alt-del and run task manager and kill audit.exe to get past the bogus “Windows could not complete the installation” message after reinstalling Windows Vista from the restore partition on a Sony VAIO.
The MysterCrowley.com web site seems to be down, but you can find ShutDownSuite_v1.0.zip at various websites, such as softpedia.