Smallest code ever to reboot on all PCs

[PB]

I know this is just a dirty hack, and I would never actually use it in a full
release app, but it seems to be the smallest code ever to reboot a PC on
all versions of Windows.

Edit: Modified to run on ANY language version of Windows now.
Works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP (tested fine on all).

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; WARNING: YOUR PC WILL REBOOT IF YOU RUN THIS CODE!

Procedure Reboot()
  fg=GetForegroundWindow_()
  Repeat : Sleep_(1) : Until GetForegroundWindow_()<>fg
  keybd_event_(#VK_RETURN,0,0,0)
EndProcedure

CreateThread(@Reboot(),0)
SetupPromptReboot_(0,0,0)

[dmoc]

You mean apart from...

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MessageRequester("", "Press reset now")
repeat: forever

[Seldon]

Sorry, but what's wrong with this code ? ->

ExitWindowsEx_(#EWX_FORCE|#EWX_REBOOT,0)

As I'm using it on Win98SE and it works.. maybe are there problems on NT/2000/XP ?

[tinman]

Sorry, but what's wrong with this code ? ->

ExitWindowsEx_(#EWX_FORCE|#EWX_REBOOT,0)

As I'm using it on Win98SE and it works.. maybe are there problems on NT/2000/XP ?

Your program needs certain security permissions to reboot the system under NT based versions of Windows. I dunno if this is just a case of running it as a user with enough security, or perhaps your program can ask for it.

[Berikco]

Sorry, but what's wrong with this code ? ->

ExitWindowsEx_(#EWX_FORCE|#EWX_REBOOT,0)

As I'm using it on Win98SE and it works.. maybe are there problems on NT/2000/XP ?

Your program needs certain security permissions to reboot the system under NT based versions of Windows. I dunno if this is just a case of running it as a user with enough security, or perhaps your program can ask for it.

It will not work on NT/w2k/Xp/2003 , not even if you are loged on as administrator.

The complete code to use ExitWindowsEx_() on NT/.... has been posted a couple of times.

[PB]

> ExitWindowsEx_(#EWX_FORCE|#EWX_REBOOT,0)
> I'm using it on Win98SE and it works.. maybe are there problems on
> NT/2000/XP ?

Correct, it won't work on NT/2K/XP. My tip does, though. However, my
tip is not something you'd actually use, as it depends on the language of
the OS installed and so on -- and is just a hack method anyway. I found
the SetupPromptReboot API from the API-Guide app (sorry, no URL) and
decided to see if I could force a reboot with it, and I could -- so I posted
it here as an example.

[Berikco]

Yes, small code, but ist going to get bloated if you must include for all languages

[PB]

> Yes, small code, but ist going to get bloated if you must include for all languages

LOL, that's very true!