Try sending it WM_ENDSESSION, this is the message Windows sends to apps when it wants to shut down.
If you had a process handle, you could call TerminateProcess > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of vss > Sent: Friday, 12 October 2001 16:17 > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: [DUG]: Unconditional Shutdown > > > Hi all. > I have an app. that can only shutdown IF its logged on as an > administrator, and even then it askes if you are sure etc. > > I need to shut the app. down from another app. but if I do SendMessage > (hwnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0) it obviously tells you that only the admin can > close the app. etc. > > Is there a message or method I can use to kill an app. no mater what ? > i.e. unconditionally like end task in the even manager does ? > > I know I can make my own windows message and do it in a procedure, thats > fine in the next verison of the app. but its the ones out there now I > need to shut down. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/