HK> Sorry, i was not clear enough:
HK> The program i want to shut down is an external program, NOT a Delphi
HK> programm! (i wish it was..)
You can make a call to the Windows API to shutdown a windows app, but if that 
app promps to save data or let the user know it is going to exit, it won't 
shutdown untill someone responds. 
 
Steve
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