Classes: XFldObject, XFldDesktop
One of the major features of &xwp; is to improve the shutdown procedure of &os2;.

Important note: XShutdown is disabled per default in order to avoid confusion. You will need to enable XShutdown in the new "&xwp; Setup" object.

After enabling XShutdown, selecting "Shutdown" from the Desktop's context menu will start &xwp;'s shutdown procedure instead of &os2;'s standard shutdown.

After selecting "Shutdown", a dialog box similar to the following will pop up:

The main new features of XShutdown are:

The automatic reboot requires that DOS.SYS be installed through CONFIG.SYS. On Warp 4, this is done per default. On OS/2 Warp 3, you might need to add the following line to CONFIG.SYS:

DEVICE=X:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS

with X: being your OS/2 boot drive.

You can configure (and turn off) the eXtended Shutdown on a new settings page of the Desktop's Settings notebook.

If you're interested in how XShutdown works internally, please see the respective page in the "&xwp; Internals" chapter.