<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>How To Manage Microstation Auto Shutdown</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/222261/how-to-manage-microstation-auto-shutdown</link><description>Of the 200 engineers in our firm, some choose to leave their computers running at night and over the weekends for no apparent reason. Some leave Microstation running as well. This habit affects backup schedules and causes other software and hardware related</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: How To Manage Microstation Auto Shutdown</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/683427?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:44:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b43715f9-db4a-4cab-9eda-67c426b6b585</guid><dc:creator>Benzi Papo</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Another method is to run one or more of the following commands in a batch file:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="python"&gt;taskkill /IM ustation.exe
taskkill /IM microstation.exe
taskkill /IM openroadsdesigner.exe&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Each command line simultaneously sends a WM_CLOSE message to all running instances of the relevant product.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;The running instance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;will save its settings and perform a standard application quit sequence. This procedure can be automated&amp;nbsp;using Windows group policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How To Manage Microstation Auto Shutdown</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/682833?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:52:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3d85da68-b93c-46a3-be64-b33ce5e0489c</guid><dc:creator>MaryB</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice - thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>