Windows 10: Program Manager is preventing the shutdown of Windows. Why?

The past few months when shutting down Windows 11, I get a message saysing, Program Manager is preventing the shutdown of Windows.When I click either CANCEL or Shutdown Anyway, Windows shuts down. This happens about 80% of the time.Why is this happening and how do I stop it?

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Windows 10 - Program Manager preventing shutdown. Solutions?

Sammy,

Program manager

Is anything running called Program manager or similar in
Task manager, Processes tab
or the response to this command in a Cmd / PS window
Code:

You might find it more convenient to search a text file so you could use something like this with a path of your own instead of my example path
Code:

Is there any further info in the message you see when it prevents shutdown? Such as an icon? Perhaps you could post a photo of it.

The mystery little box

To find out more about this, use the above steps then close the mystery box then repeat the steps then compare the results.
In addition, check Task manager, Startup tab for anything with that default icon [probably just called Program]. Right click on any column name then select Command line to be able to see what was running it [it would probably be a relic of an uninstalled application].


Denis

 

"Program Manager This App is preventing shutdown"

Hi all, lately when trying to shut down a blue screen shows up displaying: "Program Manager: This App is preventing shutdown", and I'm given the option of "Shut down anyways" or "Cancel". If I choose shut down it will do it without issues, and if I click Cancel it will go back to the Desktop. I checked Task Manager and there's no "Program Manager" listed, also the CPU usage at idle is 0%, so everything looks normal. Additionally I checked Task Scheduler and Services, and nothing unusual. Thanks for any feedback,

 

Unknown Program Preventing Shutdown and Updates

There is an unknown program preventing my computer from shutting down. When I click shutdown it says "This app is preventing shutdown" but there is only a generic app icon, and no name for the app. I have to select "shutdown anyway" which isn't allowing
Windows Updates to be installed.

I've checked forums and could not find a solution which worked for me.

Task Manager tells me there are no program running. There are no "blank" programs on my app list in control panel. I've used sfc /scannow
in the Command Window and it came back negative. I've turned off all Non-Windows programs for start-up that I don't need (I have a couple drivers which are necessary for my computer).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.