DShutdown Portable 1.72.1 has been released. DShutdown is a stand-alone program that allows you to easily shutdown and wake up local or remote PCs, with many specific options. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. DShutdown is freeware for personal and business use. Read on for more details...
DShutdown is packaged for portable use with permission from Dimio.
PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 users who already have this app installed, simply click 'Check for Updates' in your PA.c Menu to update to the new version.
Features
DShutdown supports more than just standard shutdown options, there are options relating to "pure" shutdown (such as the "force after wait" option which causes a forced, but 'clear' shutdown). There are monitoring options that allow you to shutdown a PC after a particular application terminates (useful at the end of compressing several files). There are also options to shutdown a PC when Internet traffic reduces below a particular data-rate (useful to shutdown a PC when it has finished a large download). It is also possible to intercept a shutdown request, initiated by the user or an application, and to then execute the shutdown request with selected options from DShutdown. (For example: to simultaneously shut down all Lan PCs when the server shuts down). DShutdown doesn't force a power-off without logging off and saving settings. DShutdown instead provides a means to log-off, shutdown and safely power-off your PC. Administrators who use roaming profiles will appreciate the benefits of this feature.
Antivirus Note: Some antivirus programs may classify this as a potentially unwanted program (though not as a virus or malware) due to its ability to shutdown and wake up machines remotely. This is a standard warning for any program with these abilities.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
DShutdown Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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DShutdown Portable is available for immediate download from the DShutdown Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
Mistake
couple of questions
1. How to make DShutdown useful in a mixed netwrok, i.e. non-windows boxes.
2. How to get DShutdown to respond to signals from a APC backup power supply.
If DShutdown could send shutdown signals to all affected machines in case of
a power loss, then it might be useful.
thanks
Getting an error on launch
"Run-time error '5':
Invalid procedure call or argument"
Seems to be coming from the main app itself (as opposed to the launcher).
Windows 7 x64 system here.
no go for x64
Same here. Seems like a non-working app on x64 w7. Such a pity
Getting an error on launch
"Run-time error '5':
Invalid procedure call or argument"
Seems to be coming from the main app itself (as opposed to the launcher).
Windows 7 x86 system here.
About run time error 5
Hello for those who are having the error "Run-time error '5': appearing. I did some research on the net and many were saying that it is the registry that is corrupted and that is why you get that error.
So I cleaned my registry and I made sure that it was set to run as administrator and it worked
I am very happy now.
Windows 7 x 32 system.
I hope this helps you
Sorry everyone, I just came across the same error again but the funny thing is that I got it to work for a short period of time.
My apologies
McAfee detects this as malware
Message: VirusScan Alert! Your PC has been infected by malware or an unwanted program.
Name: J:\PortableApps\DShutdownPortable\App\DShutdown\DShutdown.exe
Detected As: Generic PUP.z
State: Deleted
"Potentially Unwanted Program"
That's what McAfee classifies a 'potentially unwanted program' as. As it is designed to be an administrative tool to remotely shutdown or wake systems configured to be shutdown or woken up, normal users have no need of it and McAfee considers it potentially unwanted due to possible abuse.
Problem is that to be an
Problem is that to be an "administrative tool", it needs to be able to be installed to be used which currently can not due to the Antivirus issue this application is causing.
From my point of view, this tool can not be used since it conflicts with a business application reporting the tool to be Malware (Un-professional)
Great idea but not practical at the moment.
Administrator
Someone who is an administrator can set the antivirus to ignore DShutdown. Someone who is not, probably should not be using DShutdown on said machine.
That is not true. Antivirus
That is not true.
Antivirus should be globally installed including the Administrators machine.
To get the simplest of tools to even install before I could use it, I would need to make a "Global" exclusion in the Antivirus Software for this file???
True
Yes. It is the administrators job to take care of what kind of program should be allowed or not. If he delegates this job to an antivirus solution, it is his job to maintain that.
Btw. It's not the simplest of tools if it can be used by someone to break workflow of others, so it may legitimately come under suspicion by a security solution... to delete it automatically is a kind of drastic setting, though.
Correct
You (or your company) has chosen to use an antivirus product that automatically deletes all software with this functionality. So you (or your company) must chose to allow this software within that same antivirus product.
I must admit that getting
I must admit that getting into this type of argument was not my intention but to mearly point out an obvious flaw to this application via the McAfee product.
From my point of view, if my antivirus software (or my company's software) immediately flags this application as Malware, then it does not matter if this application is coded perfectly or is guarenteed to be Malware free, its been flagged as Malware and for security reasons deleted.
Therefore if I am an Administrator or even Jesus himself, I still can not justify a security change to the organisation because you said so.
Maybe flag the issue with McAfee themselves; or change the solution to accomodate the Antivirus Software; or change the solution method to use an alternative way to Shutdown; or even accept the situation, learn by it and move on, but to argue the fact that the antivirus software should be changed to suit the tool will not get you a great deal of respect or even downloads. (from my opinion only)
By Design
I'm not arguing, just pointing out the facts. This isn't malware. McAfee is NOT claiming it is malware. That flag is called "Generic PUP" for a reason. It's a generic error about a 'potentially unwanted program'. This is McAfee's own language and their own definition. They list ALL remote shutdown software in this fashion. There is no way to 'code around it' (without being malware, I suppose).
If you are an administrator and would like to use it, you can configure your antivirus to allow it. If you are an administrator and are not comfortable doing this, don't. If you are not an administrator, you are not permitted to use it in your current setup and should not be doing so. This is also by design within McAfee's product.
If you'd like to be able to use any sort of remote shutdown software and you are using McAfee in an institutional environment, I'm sorry but you're simply out of luck.
Message: VirusScan Alert!
My appologies, what I should have said was "infected by malware OR an unwanted program"
In ref. to a simplistic tool that is not flagged by McAfee and could be used in an "institutional environment" would be the following -
shutdown \\computername /l /a /r /t:xx "msg" /y /cSorry John, I have admired and followed this Site for many years now but to argue the definition of an "Administrator" or the usage / non-usage of a single application that’s released from PortableApps would be somewhat inappropriate and unproductive to say the least.
)
(Remember, its just my opinion
A firewall is more important
A firewall is more important that AV.
Try online armor
(was made in australia, but now austria)
As shutdown.exe is part of
As shutdown.exe is part of the os, mcafee will take good care not to delete it... even if somehow the same guidelines could apply - ask mcaffee, why they have double standards here.
If set to, some antivirus apps also delete fun programs/games, maybe John should consider not to release games anymore... :evil:
But I fear, that debate wlll kind of lead to nothing, so - take it or leave it.
(Remember, its just my opinion :))
It's only because of the dumb
It's only because of the dumb "viruses" of the past that this is even a conversation point.
Why a DShutdown Portable?
As Far As I Know this is a 100% natively portable software.
So, why do You create a "PA" portable version?
what is the advantage?
The same applies here. You
The same applies here.
You can download the native portable version on Dimios site if that fits your needs, instead.
If your system goes down any
If your system goes down any configuration is save with the program directory.
Also, often these guys update languages, provide unicode support etc.
There is actually a great deal of development even after the original source is poured over in this way so kudos to PA.c