How to disable shutdown tracker

by Mitch Tulloch [Published on 11 June 2015 / Last Updated on 11 June 2015]

A tip on how you can disable shutdown tracker on a Windows server.

Shutdown tracker can be annoying feature particularly in test environments where you frequently shut down and restart Windows servers. You can easily disable this feature however by using the REG ADD command to modify the registry like this:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\policies\microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" /v ShutdownReasonUI  /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

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The Author — Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch is a well-known expert on Windows Server administration and cloud computing technologies. He has published over a thousand articles on information technology topics and has written, contributed to or been series editor for over 50 books.