Microsoft KB Archive/301296

= WaitToKillAppTimeout Registry Value Has No Effect =

Article ID: 301296

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q301296



SYMPTOMS
After you change the value of the Waittokillapptimeout value in the following registry key, your changes have no effect:

HKEY_USER\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Date        Time   Version           Size     File name - 05-Apr-2002 18:38  4.0.1381.33535    170,256  Gdi32.dll 01-Nov-2002 17:09  4.0.1381.33544    332,048  User32.dll 04-Feb-2003 04:10  4.0.1381.33546  1,280,400  Win32k.sys 01-Nov-2002 17:09  4.0.1381.33544    196,368  Winsrv.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
You are supposed to be able to alter the value of the Waittokillapptimeout value to change the default amount of time your computer will wait for a program to end on its own when a shutdown or logoff is in progress.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbenv kbfix kbprb kbqfe KB301296

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