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    Using MediaDirect button for shut-down?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Silas Awaketh, Oct 29, 2007.

  1. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Hi!

    I removed MediaDirect from my notebook (because it is useless for me), and it's button is lying useless. I was wondering if there is some way with which I could configure to make my notebook Shut-down. I use the power button to make my notebook to go in the Sleep mode. Is there a way?

    Thank you! :)
     
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Take a look at this thread. If you write a small exe to shutdown the computer then you can do it by renaming it to DMX.exe. I’m not sure whether a batch file would work instead of an exe, cos if it does, then you can crate a .bat file with the following command : shutdown –s –f –t 10 (it’ll force close all programs and shutdown the PC in 10 seconds).

    If you need, I can write a small exe to internally call shutdown.exe.
     
    PhoenixFx, Oct 30, 2007
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    Ok , here you go. Just wrote a small exe to run a batchfile. Place the DMX.exe and DMXBatch.bat in the same folder. You can edit the .bat file to do anything (shutdown or launch a new program etc..). At the moment I’ve set it to shutdown in 10 seconds.

    Wrote it in C#.net, therefore you’ll need .Net framework to run it. If you have Vista then its already there.
     

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