Restart v1.2

Contents

Overview
Installation
What's New?
Usage
Remote Shutdowns
Support
Legal and commercial license purchase

Overview

Restart is a small utility that allows you to log-off from your current session, shutdown or shutdown & restart.  You can use either the command prompt or a simple dialog box interface to initiate a shutdown.

Installation

Restart requires no special installation. Extract the files to their own directory, and run Restart.exe. You may want to put a shortcut to it on your desktop or in your start menu.

Restart will not touch your registry (it uses an "ini" file instead), so to uninstall it you just delete the directory again.

What's New?

• Much more extensive documentation (you're reading it).
• An improved "about box"
• Improved feedback options.
• A proper icon (at last)
• On-line ordering of commercial licenses

Usage

You can run Restart from either the command line or through the Windows User Interface (ie. normally).

You are presented with similar options to the standard Windows shut down menu.   You can choose to

• Restart (ie. close down your computer and restart - a "soft" boot)
• Shutdown (ie. close down your computer)
• Logoff & logon as a different user

Checking the "force" check box will specify a forced shutdown. Using Force will cause immediate shutdown or logoff. Applications running will not be notified
(and hence not given a chance to save their data). Since using (the) Force is likely to result in data loss you should use it only as an emergency measure.

You can perform exactly the same actions with the command line mode of operation as the user interface one by using the following command-line switches

* Mutually exclusive. If you specify more the one of these then the rightmost will be taken.
NB: specifying no command-line options will cause Restart to be run in UI mode.

Remote Shutdowns

If you have the requirement to not only shut down your local machine, but also remotely shut down others, then you might want to have a look at the successor to Restart; RemoteShutdown by the same author.  Please visit http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/jonrb/RemoteShutdown.html for more information.

Support

I provide limited email support at my discretion.  Please mail me at Jumping.Armadillo@dial.pipex.com stating your problem, with as much detail as possible. I'm afraid that emails that simply say "your software doesn't work" will not help much.  I will look into the problem and may provide a workaround or bug fix.

I am afraid that I am not willing to provide any support via phone or fax, even if you phone me or otherwise pay for the call.  I really don't appreciate people in different time zones phoning me in the middle of the night.

Legal