Catching Windows Shutdown events.

Don Bright wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I need to do something when windows shuts down, as when
someone presses the
> power button.
> 
> I believe this is a window message, WM_QUERYENDSESSION
or WM_ENDSESSION.
> 
> I can't find any way to trap this in python.
> 
> atexit() does not work.
> 
> using the signal module to trap SIGBREAK or SIGTERM
does not work either.
> 
> Any help? Thanks.

You might be able to use win32api.SetConsoleCtrlHandler and
catch the
CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT that's sent to the console.

      Roger

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