c# can't reboot when application is running.

[Kate77]

Hello,
I have a strange problem,
I have application running in the tray bar,
for some reason I cant reboot the computer when it is running and i have to close
it if i want the computer to do a reboot or shutdown.

the application is not doing anything special,
all it does is checking a web site every hour using timer.

anyone saw this problem or know how to get over it so users can shutdown the computer even when the application is running ?

[Plater]

I have seen the same problem with a program that is running that keeps the computer from rebooting/shuttingdown. (It wasn't my program, just noticed my laptop would stay running when that software was running)

Not sure what you can do except put an event handler on like a form_closing() event, and have it tell the timer object to Stop/Dispose itself?

[Kate77]

im currently using form_closing to minimize the application.

so that is what causing the computer to hang when it needs to reboot.

ill try to continue searching for an answer.

Thanks.

[Plater]

im currently using form_closing to minimize the application.

so that is what causing the computer to hang when it needs to reboot.

ill try to continue searching for an answer.

Thanks.

The form_closing event has some data passed to it. One of which tells you what is trying to close it. there is an enum for it. It's like "user_close " "system_rebooti ng" "process_killed " or something like that.
You should probably switch on that so that when you get the shuttingdown/rebooting one you can close your program.