How can I shutdown a Windows Mobile device programatically

Question

I would like to programatically shutdown a Windows Mobile device using Compact framework 2.0, Windows mobile 5.0 SDK.

Regards,

Answer 1

It probably not a great idea to do it from your app - the device has a power button for a reason and shutting down the app can cause user confusion and frustration.

If you must do it, and you are using Windows Mobile 5.0 or later, you can P/Invoke ExitWindowsEx like this:

[Flags]
public enum ExitFlags
{
  Reboot = 0x02,
  PowerOff = 0x08
}

[DllImport("coredll")]
public static extern int ExitWindowsEx(ExitFlags flags, int reserved);

...

ExitWindowsEx(ExitFlags.PowerOff, 0);