#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : Windows takes minutes to shut down, or hangs on "Restarting" Fix : Find what is refusing to close Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-rec-slow-shutdown Run as : Elevated PowerShell Expect : 25 minutes Risk : low Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX Windows names applications or waits on them. HOW TO UNDO IT Restore WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 5000 if it was changed. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 4" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' Windows takes minutes to shut down, or hangs on "Restarting"' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Find what is refusing to close' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: low Reversible 25 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Check the shutdown performance events, which name the culprit directly.' -Why 'Windows records exactly which service or application took longest to shut down, with a duration in milliseconds. It is the whole answer and nobody looks at it.' -Command { Get-WinEvent -LogName 'Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational' -MaxEvents 40 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object Id -in 203,205,206 | Format-Table TimeCreated,Id,Message -Wrap } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Disconnect mapped drives at shutdown if a share is involved.' -Command { cmd.exe /c 'net use' } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Update or remove the named application. A background updater or a sync client is the usual answer.' -Manual Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Reducing the kill timeout is a last resort -- it does not fix the cause and can cost unsaved data.' -Why 'The default of 5000ms exists so a database or a sync client can finish writing. Cutting it to 1000ms makes the shutdown look faster and increases the chance of a corrupt file on the way out.' -Command { Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control' -Name WaitToKillServiceTimeout } Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'Shutdown completes in a few seconds and no 6008 appears on the next boot.' 'White' Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-rec-slow-shutdown' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: Restore WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 5000 if it was changed.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule