These utilities can

• perform quick system reboot correctly with possibility of saving User Profile. It also allows to initiate usual shutdown/reboot/logoff/poweroff process from command prompt or when Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Del is pressed.
• initiate reboot to any OS defined in BOOT.INI when by Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Break hot-key.
• force applications to terminate
• force sync of system file cache to disk

When freboot.exe is started without any switches for the first time, it displays GUI configuration dialog. If freboot.exe is already installed, it will operate according to Registry settings:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run],"FastReboot"

GUI configuration dialog can also be called with --setup switch.

-q (Quick Reboot) and -m (Reboot Manager) keys enables hot-keys Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Del and Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Break respectively. Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Del initiates quick reboot or shutdown according to additional keys -r, -s, -p, -l. Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Break displays OS selection list constructed from BOOT.INI. When OS is chosen, machine reboots to it like when Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Del is pressed. The main advantage is that freboot.exe rebuilds BOOT.INI and makes selected OS default. You need not waiting for WinNT boot-manager's manu and select item there.

-f forces applications to terminate before ending session.

If you use -u User Profile of the current user will be saved before quick reboot (thus, FReboot is also useful under NT4 OS).

To use quick reboot mode you need Administrator privileges.
If none of -q, -m and -u keys is specified, normal shutdown/reboot/logoff/poweroff process with optional forcing applications to terminate shall be performed.

If you have some services, those must be correctly stopped before shutdown, you can add '--script <script_full_path>' key. After that FReboot will execute your script before initiating shutdown process. For example I use the following script 'stop_crit_svc.bat':

net stop "Apache"
net stop "OracleServiceRECOGN"
net stop "OracleOraHome81TNSListener"

Here is the list of all available switches:

setup.bat runs FReboot.exe in configuration mode. After successful setup 2 Registry values are set.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run],"FastReboot"

This string value instructs shell (explorer.exe) to run FReboot.exe with some switches.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment],"BootDrive"

This value defines BootDrive system variable, which is used by FReboot to locate BOOT.INI.

The latest version of main utility - freboot_v3c.rar/tgz (45.9 Kb/57.7 Kb)

• Added GUI configuration dialog
• Implemented reboot to specified OS functionality invoked by Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Break
• Rewritten descrip[tion web-page. Previous version is available here

• To DSync.exe added suppression of annoying message box when accessing empty removable drive. Find new executable and sources here:
  DSync_v1b.rar/tgz (27.8 Kb/29.4 Kb)
• Also updated Fast Reboot package:

• Fixed bug with sync'ing single volume with DSync.exe. Find new executable and sources here:
  DSync_v1b.rar/tgz (27.8 Kb/29.4 Kb)
• Also updated Fast Reboot package:

• Added pre-boot script execution feature. If you have some services, those must be correctly stopped before shutdown, you can add '--script <script_full_path>' command to "FastReboot" command line (see readme.txt). After that FReboot will execute your script before initiating shutdown process.
• Added protection from simultaneus execution of multiple copies of FReboot.exe

• Fixed bug with PUHandler.dll compilation. This library is used for saving User Profiles before reboot.
  
• Fixed bug in distribution. It didn't include PUHandler.dll before.
  
• Also removed dependence on headers and lib from Platform SDK and XP DDK.

• New switch -i is added in order to initiate imemdiate reboot from command prompt. You can use -u to save User Profile.
  
• Fixed bug, which made command prompt switches unusable in Release version.

• The main idea is implemented !!!
  
• If DSync is run without parameters, it flushes all disks.
  
• All binaries a packed to single archive.
  
• Compiled modules are distributed separately from sources.

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