By shutting down your system all sensitive data in your system memory will be permanently stored to disk before you can switch off your computer. This also ensures that your Desktop will be properly saved.

Warning: It is absolutely necessary to always perform this procedure before you switch off your computer. Never just flip the power switch on your computer to turn it off because otherwise some of your data might not be written properly to disk and be destroyed, or you might lose your Desktop.

To initiate shutdown, perform the following:

  1. Move the mouse over an empty area of the Desktop.

  2. Press mouse button 2 to open the Desktop's &popmenu;.

  3. Select "Shut down" from the menu.
Alternatively, press the "Shutdown" button on either the &xcenter; or the &warpcenter;.

&xwp;'s Extended Shutdown (&xshutdown;) provides a few extra features over &os2;'s regular shutdown procedure, such as automatically rebooting your computer, APM power-off (if supported by your machine), and being able to cancel the shutdown procedure. &xshutdown; can be enabled in the "&xwp; Setup" object.

If you have confirmations enabled on the "&xshutdown;" page in the Desktop's properties notebook, you will see the &xshutdown; confirmation dialog after initiating shutdown. Note: By default, after initiating shutdown, &os2; will display a confirmation message box and then shut down all programs and devices. After shutdown is complete, it will give you a message that it is safe to turn off your computer.

Instead, you can elect to use eComStation's extended shutdown functionality, which will allow you to automatically power-off or restart your computer, if your hardware supports that.

To enable this, open the &link_lookfdr; and then "eStyler".

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