GetProcessShutdownParameters

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
No
Win32s
No
Import Library
kernel32.lib
Header File
winbase.h
Unicode
No
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The GetProcessShutdownParameters function retrieves shutdown parameters for the currently calling process.

BOOL GetProcessShutdownParameters(

LPDWORD lpdwLevel,	// shutdown priority
LPDWORD lpdwFlags	// shutdown flag
);

Parameters

lpdwLevel

Points to a variable that receives the shutdown priority level. Higher levels shut down first. System level shutdown orders are reserved for system components. Higher numbers shut down first. Following are the level conventions:

Value	Meaning
0000FF	System reserved last shutdown range.
1001FF	Application reserved last shutdown range.
2002FF	Application reserved "in between" shutdown range.
3003FF	Application reserved first shutdown range.
4004FF	System reserved first shutdown range.

All processes start at shutdown level 0x280.

lpdwFlags

Points to a variable that receives the shutdown flags. It can be the following value:

Value	Meaning
SHUTDOWN_NORETRY	If this process takes longer than the specified timeout to shut down, do not display a retry dialog box for the user. Instead, just cause the process to directly exit.

Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero.