App/ Program preventing shutdown Windows 8

len112len112 Posts: 4,156
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Recently I've been getting a problem when I try to restart my computer a message comes up telling me that an App is preventing shutdown . It doesn't specify what the App is and I find that the computer more often than not gets stuck in an endless attempt to shut down , is there any way I can find out which App is causing this ?

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  • user123456789user123456789 Posts: 16,589
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    User the following command in an elevated CMD window:
    powercfg -requests
  • LION8TIGERLION8TIGER Posts: 8,484
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    Close all programs and look in Task Manager under Applications to see if anything is still running.
  • len112len112 Posts: 4,156
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    anniebrion wrote: »
    User the following command in an elevated CMD window:

    The first time I did it Norton 360 was mentioned in the window , the second time it mentioned windows search .What is the command supposed to do ?
  • MaxatoriaMaxatoria Posts: 17,980
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    It shows what the machine is waiting for before going into the required state, it can change from bootups as it depends if your AV is doing a scan of a large archive file and wants to finish it before stopping or windows search is indexing your pr0n collection
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