Shutting down laptop takes very long time

ngc94227

Hi all!

First, I want to thank you for this new fine piece of software. Great!

But I have one question though concerning the startup optimizer. Yes, it reduces startup time. But with my laptop shutting down lasts

incredibly long 5-10 minutes! Is this behaviour normal?

The four statusbars are at 100%, except the startup system-health is at 93%. So I suppose that shutting should not last that long.

Any ideas?

Kind regards,

ngc94227

jv16

Do you mean that when you turn of your computer, it takes 5-10 minutes? How long does it take if you first disable the Startup Optimizer?

ngc94227

Thanks for your quick reply. I will dive in to it and test some things and reply again. But not today.......

Kind regards,

ngc94277

jv16

I found a bug that most likely causes this, and I was able to test the case in one test setup and verify the fix works. The fix is included in the next released build, which ought to be released later in this week. Thank you for reporting!

ngc94227

Thanks again for replying. In the meantime I disabled the optimizer and this didn´t really change the time to shut down my laptop.

So I thought the cause lies in a piece of software which is resident in memory, probably one of the startup-programs. I narrowed it down to one program of which I thought it could eventually be the reason. But after reading your post I will wait till the new version comes out and test again.

So, thanks again!

Kind regards,

ngc94227

Hi all!

Although a new version of Powertools is not there yet, in which jv will eventually correcting a bug, I found out something else in the meantime.

If I change in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management ClearPageFileAtShutdown" = "1" in "0", shutting down the laptop lasts only a few seconds! And not 10 minutes or more!

So what does this mean? A driver or a programm which doesn´t finish correctly? Furthermore ExistingPageFiles is set to \??\C.sys and PagingFiles set to ?.\Pagefile.sys. Are they correct? Could someone shed more light on this? Thanks in advance.

Perhaps somewhat for a next version if this is possible. A log-file which enable us to nail down the program or driver which causes trouble.

I listed the processes etc. by the taskmanager which are in use before shutting down, but I do not find something weard, nor can I say which of these doesn´t work right.

Kind regards,

ngc94227

siliconman01

The Windows default value for ClearPageFileAtShutdown is 0. If you Google "ClearPageFileAtShutdown" (without quotes), you will find many official responses to what ClearPageFileAtShutdown is all about. I suspect you have/had a utility or security program on your system that has/had an option to clear the page file at shutdown and this set the ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 1.

The pagefile.sys file can be quite large depending on your system and its settings. Clearing it can take a long time.

Furthermore ExistingPageFiles is set to \??\C.sys and PagingFiles set to ?.\Pagefile.sys. Are they correct? Could someone shed more light on this? Thanks in advance.

The above looks okay. You can change the size of the pagefile.sys via Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings>Advanced tab>Performance Settings>Advanced tab>Virtual memory Change

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ngc94227

Hi Siliconman!

I will look into this. Thanks.

Kind regards,

ngc94227

jv16

If you had ClearPageFileAtShutdown set to 1, that is most likely the culprit. There was a potential issue in Startup Optimizer that could cause it to delay system shutdown in certain cases (including that you start your computer and immediately shut it down, while the Startup Optimizer is still running).

In any case, the potential problem in Startup Optimizer is now fixed and the fixed version should be out later today or tomorrow.

ngc94227

Thanks again!

Kind regards,

ngc94227