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[Meovyle]

Silly text here

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Get the correct Web link, that's not it.

[emoticorpse]

Probably need to figure out what the apps are and deal with them before you actually shut down

[Mad Scientist]

That link looks weird, not clicking that.

Anyway, if you get the blue screen, that says an app is preventing shutdown, the icon is usually displayed. All you have to do is close, certain apps like steam, paint etc before shutting down, else anything that generally asks you if you want to save before closing also tends, to prevent shutdown if left open.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Meovyle:

Originally posted by Mr. Gentlebot:

That link looks weird, not clicking that.

Anyway, if you get the blue screen, that says a lot me thing is, preventing shutdown, the icon is usually displayed. All you have to do is close, certain apps like steam, paint etc before shutting down, else anything that generally asks you if you want to save before closing also tends, to prevent shutdown if left open.

Bruh can a click of a link instantly get your data stolen or what.
How am i supposed to show the picture then.
Edit: Idk what that even is. I once had everything closed and it still was there.

fixed the horrible autocorrects from my phone so it makes more sense. anyway:

Lately Steam doesn't allow shutdown if open, at least for me anyway which is new to me.
mspaint for sure if unsaved, prevents shutdown (if you pasted a screen and forgot to save or close - blank/unused wont prevent it).

Basically anything you manually launch after Windows has started, other than a browser, should be closed before shutting down or there's a chance it can hold it up as it might be prompting you to save data before closing.

Else, look at running services, disable whatever is running at that time which is blatantly a 3rd party service/app which you don't need running, or otherwise set it to Manual so it starts when you launch an app that needs it.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Meovyle:

Originally posted by Mr. Gentlebot:

fixed the horrible autocorrects from my phone so it makes more sense. anyway:

Lately Steam doesn't allow shutdown if open, at least for me anyway which is new to me.
mspaint for sure if unsaved, prevents shutdown (if you pasted a screen and forgot to save or close - blank/unused wont prevent it).

Basically anything you manually launch after Windows has started, other than a browser, should be closed before shutting down or there's a chance it can hold it up as it might be prompting you to save data before closing.

Like i said i had once everything closed...

I added in more useful information in an edit, as chances are it's an extra service tied to an app, which will likely appear as "Running" in Services.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Meovyle:

Originally posted by Mr. Gentlebot:

I added in more useful information in an edit, as chances are it's an extra service tied to an app, which will likely appear as "Running" in Services.

Then how about a screenshots about my 66 background processes
https://prnt.sc/134ceh0
https://prnt.sc/134cg56
https://prnt.sc/134ch0t

Unfamiliar with some of them, a few I would scrutinize.

You should do a clean startup followed by a shutdown; if it shuts down without all the extra stuff running, you know one of them is causing the issue and can re-enable some, try again etc.

I'd kill the process for shadowplay, a-volute, nahimic, ovr server and then shutdown, if it's successful it's one of those preventing shutdown. Else, you can start disabling startup items (Task Manager tab) for 3rd party things you installed, see if any one of the services on startup causes the issue

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Use Chrome or Firefox and go to where that picture is online. Then right click the picture and click "open image in new window"

The end result should be a direct link to that picture.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Meovyle:

On the startup tab i only have have Java updater Shedule, Opera GX, windows security and reatek HD Audio.
The Oculus thing is for some reason always there even tho i havent used the app with my apps and closing it. It's still there on next launch.

Doesn't matter if it's there on startup, if killing the processes allows shutdowns, it's a way to confirm if those apps are causing it, if so go to the "Else";

Either do a Clean Startup (msconfig -> Diagnostic Startup OR msconfig > Boot > Safe boot w/Networking) and then shutdown to see if it's indeed 3rd party apps causing the issue

Else;
Press the windows key, type Services, hit enter.

Look at the "Startup Type", click that, and start scrutinizing everything set on "Automatic" that is strictly related to things you installed 3rd party/after windows. Set them to manual, reboot and shutdown to see if those were indeed the sources of the failure to shutdown.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Uninstall the Java runtime junk; nothing needs this anymore.

[emoticorpse]

Originally posted by Meovyle:

Originally posted by emoticorpse:

Probably need to figure out what the apps are and deal with them before you actually shut down

Well how do i figure that even out.

Look at task manager and scroll through processes

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The way you would always Uninstall something in Windows OS.
Settings > Apps
-or-
Control Panel > Programs and Features