Windows 10: Shutdown script (gpedit) runs with 'Restart' but not with 'Shut down'

Dear all,

I have an issue with a shutdown script that I don't manage to resolve:
I wrote a .bat file script that works fine when it is clicked on. Through gpedit.msc, I added it as a shutdown script. When the computer is restarted (Power -> Restart), it works fine as well (I log the results of this batch file to a txt file, so I can check it).
However, when I do a normal shutdown of the computer (Power -> Shut down, so no automatic restart, but manual restart later on), the script is not activated at all (not even the log.txt file is created).
My OS is Windows 10 Pro.

Has anyone run into this problem as well?

Thanks and kind regards,
Dirk

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Windows 10 and Shutdown after Creator's Update

Hello Community!

I'm hoping soemone can enlighten me as to what the people of Microsoft have changed about the shutdown process after Creator's Update.

I still make use of shutdown script heavily to do stuff which needs to happen on a regular basis, and I use them because that is what my customers want - stuff that needs to happen regularly (like installing Windows updates, copying files to network shares
at the end of the day) needs to happen when it doesn't interfere with my customer's work - and this is precisely when they shut down their computers at the end of the day. And you kow what it's like in the modern world of work, the end of the day can mean
many things, be it 3PM, 5PM or 7PM, so running a scheduled task at say 7PM is not gonna do it, I need something that automatically happens when a user shuts down their computer, doesn't matter when that is, so shutdown scripts it is.

Anyway, I'm digressing. I've been making use of shutdown scripts ever since Windows XP, and Windiws 10 has never given me any trouble until the Creator's Update, shutdown scripts ran just like they did on XP or 7.

With Creator's Update, at first there was a problem described by another user here:

After installing Creators Update of Windows 10, logoff script can't be run correctly

Apparently, Microsoft have fixed this issue with a patch, the problem went away with KB4025342 in July 2017, shutdown scripts are once again displayed normally.

But I'm still facing the issue that apparently MS has changed the way network connections are handled when shutting down a computer. From Windows XP to Windows 10 1493, network connections would have been available during shutdown scripts, which is no longer
the case in the current build.

Many of my scripts fail to run properly, and by testing a lot I narrowed it down to a simple issue: Network is shut down by Windows 10
before shutdown scripts get to run. You can see that for instance by just putting "ipconfig /renew" into a shutdown script and then a pause, and you will see the error message you'll get when your network is disconnected:

"no operation can be performed on <name of connection> while it has its media disconnected".

And this for network connections which should clearly be up and were up and running before starting to shut down my computer.

In a nutshell, my two questions:

1) Is there any overview somewhere about what exactly Microsoft has changed about the shutdown process in Windows 10 15063 so I can react accordingly?

2) Is there any way I can reestablish network connections Windows has already shut down, e.g. by some commands I could put in my shutdown scripts? Thanks a lot guys!

 

After Windows 10 update in last week, when I attempt to shut down, machine shut down but then restarts.

Running W10 on ASUS with Intel i7 4770 with 16G RAM. Latest recorded update was 07/23/2017

Running Classic Shell. When select W - shut down, get second "shut down" screen. Then shuts down, but the restarts.

Does the same if I got into tile "start menu" and select shutdown, also restarts.

Can shut it down once it restarts by selecting power icon on bottom right if select shut down.

What changed????

 

Are you sure it's in Shutdown and not Startup? Otherwise perhaps a scheduled task may work better.

 

Yes, it is in Shutdown.
I have no scripts in Startup.

 

... and it's in C:\WINDOWS\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown ?

 

Yes, it is.
The script is also mentioned in the C:\WINDOWS\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\scripts.ini file.
The strange thing is that the script runs indeed when I select Power -> Restart, but it doesn't run when I select Power -> Shut down.

 

Hmmm... well can't say for sure except the difference between the two is restart is a full boot and shutdown a hibernate boot - up to you play with powercfg settings maybe...

 

Thanks, I managed to solve the problem with your suggestion!
When I disable the fast startup (Power options -> Choose what the power buttons do -> Change settings that are currently unavailable), the shutdown script runs during both Restart and Shutdown. It seems that a full boot is needed to make the shutdown script being activated.

 

Splendid!.. you are welcome.