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Fresh install and weird fast popping up error on shutdown.
Hi all.
To cut a long story short, i had a 6 year old install that went bad, was unable to restore from a backup as every single thing on the face of the earth that could go wrong did.
So just set my system up again with win 11, all running fine. Probably needed it anyway right.
But whenever i shut the PC down, i can see a box that flashes up extremely quickly, something about application failed to shutdown, with a red x and a bong sound.
This is so fast i can barely read what it says, pc is running fine but its getting on my nerves.
Any idea how i can work out what this is or stop it. Its driving me nuts.
I have created a full system image on another drive so i can tinker a little if i mess up.
Thanks all.
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The quick flashing error message at shutdown, especially with the "application failed to shutdown" notice, often indicates that there's a background process, service, or application that isn't closing properly. Since it flashes too quickly to read.
Press Windows + X and select Event Viewer.
Navigate to Windows Logs > System and look for any error or warning entries that occur around the time of shutdown.
Also check Applications and Services Logs for clues.
This can help identify which application or service is having trouble shutting down.
The quick flash likely indicates an application or service failing to close properly.
Use Event Viewer, Reliability Monitor, and shutdown logging to identify the culprit.
Disable Fast Startup to see if it helps.
Keep your system updated and review startup programs.
Make sure all drivers, especially for chipset, storage, and graphics, are up to date. Run Windows Update to ensure the latest patches are installed.
