Custom Power Button Action

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Custom Power Button Action

#1 mattk37

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Posted 01 December 2008 - 03:42 PM

Hi, I really miss the functionality of XP allowing you to set the power button action to ask what you want to do.
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Unfortunately, Vista seems to have gotten rid of that option, while leaving the ability of the popup ask what wou want to do
(shown in this short JScript)

(new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).ShutdownWindows();

Is there a way to "remap" the power button? I've tried to use autohotkey, but it doesn't seem to support the power button...
Thanks,
-Matt

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Posted 01 December 2008 - 03:56 PM

I don't like it either. I haven't come across a hack yet. I let you know if I do

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Posted 01 December 2008 - 05:46 PM

It's incorporated in the Start button. Click on the > arrowhead to the right of the Lock Computer thingie:
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#4 mattk37

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Posted 01 December 2008 - 05:53 PM

usasma, on Dec 1 2008, 04:46 PM, said:

It's incorporated in the Start button. Click on the > arrowhead to the right of the Lock Computer thingie:
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nonono I know that already... :huh:

what i am saying is pressing the actual power button on the tower to show the options

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#5 garmanma

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Posted 01 December 2008 - 07:18 PM

Go to the Control Panel>Power Options and on the left should be "Click on what the power button does" and choose the option you want

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#6 mattk37

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Posted 01 December 2008 - 08:39 PM

garmanma, on Dec 1 2008, 06:18 PM, said:

Go to the Control Panel>Power Options and on the left should be "Click on what the power button does" and choose the option you want

ugh again:
ASK what to do
NOT a single action (see pics in original post)

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 08:24 AM

Quote

nonono I know that already... dry.gif
what i am saying is pressing the actual power button on the tower to show the options

When I press the power button at work (on an XP system) it does not show those screens. But this is a setting in the Advance tab of the Power Settings in XP (and the "Do nothing" option is missing in Vista).

The Vista registry is similar to XP - so if you can find the registry keys that affect this, then you may be able to reproduce the behavior in Vista. To find it, you'll have to get a backup copy of your XP registry before AND after you make the changes. Then use a registry compare tool to find out what entries are changed - and use that to change the Vista entries.

Don't forget to backup your registry before making any changes.

Good luck!

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#8 mattk37

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 04:17 PM

Here is what i'm saying:
in xp, it gave the option of "Ask Me What to Do" when i pressed the power button:

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in Vista, that option is no longer there (Do Nothing IS there usasma):

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I compared the registry and i've narrowed it down to a few, but i have no experience with hex (which is what the options are stored as)

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 04:30 PM

Post the registry entries here for us to have a look at and we'll try to see if we can help figure it out.
I've got a Vista and an XP VM that I can easily hose if need be. :huh:

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 08:04 PM

ok, attached are the regshot results, ignore the REALLY long entries changed in the Vista one.
the file names explain what i did.
thanks :huh:

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XP__Do_Nothing_to_Ask_.htm (9.81K)
Number of downloads: 29
Vista__Do_Nothing_to_Shut_Down_.htm (359.92K)
Number of downloads: 25

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Posted 03 December 2008 - 04:25 PM

Haven't been able to locate the registry item, but found a powercfg command that should do it for Vista (while at work). I have to find it again and I'll post it then.

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Posted 03 December 2008 - 07:34 PM

usasma, on Dec 3 2008, 03:25 PM, said:

Haven't been able to locate the registry item, but found a powercfg command that should do it for Vista (while at work). I have to find it again and I'll post it then.

that would be awesome :huh:

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Posted 03 December 2008 - 08:46 PM

Looks like the "close action" and the "also needed to show up on Power Menus" options are what you're looking for:
http://blogs.technet.com/richardsmith/arch...-the-guids.aspx

Let us know if it works for you - I haven't been able to try it on my system yet.

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#14 mattk37

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Posted 03 December 2008 - 09:09 PM

usasma, on Dec 3 2008, 07:46 PM, said:

that doesn't seem to have much to do with what i am saying...

here is a reg file i made, but it says that the keys are in use :huh:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"SystemPowerPolicy"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,01,00,00,00,\
  05,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,0A,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,\
  00,12,00,00,00

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes\381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\7648efa3-dd9c-4e3e-b566-50f929386280]
"ACSettingIndex"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes\8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\7648efa3-dd9c-4e3e-b566-50f929386280]
"ACSettingIndex"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes\a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\7648efa3-dd9c-4e3e-b566-50f929386280]
"ACSettingIndex"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-650302481-2879485454-116807313-1000\Control Panel\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy]
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,01,00,00,00,\
  05,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,0A,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,\
  00,12,00,00,00
  
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"AcPolicy"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,FF,FF,\
  FF,FF,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,00,00,80,04,00,00,\
  00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,01,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,01,\
  00,00,00,0A,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,B0,04,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,90,E8,07,00,50,D9,90,7C,D0,E7,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,64,64,00,02,\
  00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"AcPolicy"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,FF,FF,\
  FF,FF,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,00,00,80,04,00,00,\
  00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,01,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,01,\
  00,00,00,0A,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,B0,04,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,90,E8,07,00,50,D9,90,7C,D0,E7,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,64,64,00,02,\
  00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"DcPolicy"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,FF,FF,\
  FF,FF,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,00,00,80,04,00,00,\
  00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,01,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,01,\
  00,00,00,0A,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,B0,04,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,90,E8,07,00,50,D9,90,7C,D0,E7,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,64,64,00,02,\
  00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"DcPolicy"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,FF,FF,\
  FF,FF,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,00,00,80,04,00,00,\
  00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,01,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,01,\
  00,00,00,0A,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,B0,04,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,90,E8,07,00,50,D9,90,7C,D0,E7,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,64,64,00,02,\
  00,00,00,04,00,00,C0,00,00,00,00

is there a way to add the file to the registry before logon?

#15 usasma

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 06:14 AM

This free tool should do it - http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Also, I believe you can do it in the Recovery Console (DOS prompt)
Also in Bart PE.

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