Force close utorrent before shutdown or restart?

[rogeriodec]

Windows 8.1 does not wait utorrent to close completely when the computer restarts or shuts down.
So utorrent always comes into check mode for files that are being downloaded.
I wonder if there are any script that intercepts the Windows shutdown process, forcing windows to wait for the complete closure of utorrent to only then proceed with the shutdown?

[Masonjar13]

Certainly.

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#persistent

dllCall("kernel32.dll\SetProcessShutdownParameters","UInt",0x4FF,"UInt",0)
onMessage(0x11,"WM_QUERYENDSESSION")
return

WM_QUERYENDSESSION(wParam,lParam){
    winClose, ahk_exe utorrent.exe
    winWaitClose
    return 1
}

This does not force-kill utorrent, it's a soft-close. winWaitClose will wait indefinitely for utorrent to close, then continue with the shutdown/restart.

[rogeriodec]

Certainly.

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#persistent

dllCall("kernel32.dll\SetProcessShutdownParameters","UInt",0x4FF,"UInt",0)
onMessage(0x11,"WM_QUERYENDSESSION")
return

WM_QUERYENDSESSION(wParam,lParam){
    winClose, ahk_exe utorrent.exe
    winWaitClose
    return 1
}

This does not force-kill utorrent, it's a soft-close. winWaitClose will wait indefinitely for utorrent to close, then continue with the shutdown/restart.

Thank you, but it seems that this script does not work.
It seems it is not closing utorrent before restarting computer.
Even with this script running, when I restart the computer, utorrent will verify the files that were in dowloand, that is, nothing has changed.

[mikeman61]

Old I know but I ended up here seeking the solution for a similar problem, the solution for me was enabling hidden window detection and toggling the "close to tray" option in uTorrent. So below is my working script for launching a specific online game and above that an excerpt of relevant parts:

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DetectHiddenWindows, On
WinClose µTorrent	;Definitely not 'uTorrent'

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;@ECHO OFF	this script was born a .bat, they grow up so fast :')
#NoEnv
#Warn 
#SingleInstance force
DetectHiddenWindows, On

run SpeCopy.ahk	;Separate script to switch default audio device (to SPEakers)
WinClose µTorrent	;Definitely not 'uTorrent'
run, taskkill /f /im Dropbox.exe
run, taskkill /f /im Flux.exe
run, taskkill /f /im "Google Photos Backup.exe"
run, C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /s 4e878fc9... unique code for high performance mode
run, steam://rungameid/252950 ;yes very hardcore gamer I know

;taskkill /f /im "Explorer.exe"	;Used this on Laptop to squeeze even harder for performance
;taskkill /f /im "Chrome.exe"	;As above just to make sure Chrome was closed but corrupted profiles or somethign every so often, will replace with a soft close when cbf

[Masonjar13]

I hadn't realized that this was unsolved. For historical purposes:

You can force-close an application using Process.

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#persistent

dllCall("kernel32.dll\SetProcessShutdownParameters","UInt",0x4FF,"UInt",0)
onMessage(0x11,"WM_QUERYENDSESSION")
return

WM_QUERYENDSESSION(wParam,lParam){
    process,close,utorrent.exe
    return 1
}