Re: App halts shutdown



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~~~AAA~~~ <Back@xxxxxxx> typed:
> I have a program called MacroMagic that occasionally will keep my
> computer from shutting down (WinXP Pro SP2). On occasion the shutdown
> process will not proceed and I have to manually close MacroMagic and
> then do the shutdown again, successfully. I tried to run MM in Win98
> mode but still have the problem. How can I avoid/solve this problem?

Have you checked with the product developers' support on this?
I'm not familiar with this software, but you might be able to use a batch
file to shut down the process....or just remember to close it before
shutting down.


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