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I need a Shutdown confirmation feature to safeguard my work computer from accidental shutdown while telecommuting.

What I Tried

I found several options to add additional safeguards, but they don't seem to be available or work on Windows 10 Pro v1809.

1) SuperUser (1016), Implement a Shutdown Confirmation?. The accepted answer is actually from a Windows 7 feature and instructs changing a setting in Display Shutdown Event Tracker:

Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Display Shutdown Event Tracker

This option is not available on my installation of Windows 10

2.) Another source of equal or older date offers two options using Registry Editor:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability

(I only have Terminal Services and Windows File Protection DWORDS under Reliability)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability

(only options are DirtyShutdown, LastAliveStamp, TimeStampInterval)

Unlike the example in the link, Reliability is a directory in my version:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability\shutdown

The only option under shutdown is a single DWORD, ReasonCode. Is this a possible replacement for previous options?

3.) Another post here asks to remove shutdown, How to remove shutdown option in start menu of Windows 10:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Start\HideShutDown

Assuming I'm choosing the correct value to edit:

  • Name: (Defult)
  • Type: REG_SZ
  • Data: 1

This didn't work after restart.

Any suggestions or successes?

xtian
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    "so it's a bit of Windows within Windows mirror vision sort of thing. ' - It is not clear what you mean by this statement. – Ramhound Aug 12 '19 at 12:30
  • Not important. I removed it. The login app gives me a full screen view of my desktop. So I'm starting my home computer with a Windows10 desktop, log into work, and see a full screen Windows10 desktop. I mistakenly thought I was on my local machine, and shutdown. – xtian Aug 12 '19 at 12:33

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