Detecting Power Switch Press in Custom Shell

[StuieNorris]

Hi Forum,

Not sure if is the correct place to ask. However here goes.

I have written a custom shell to use with WinPE 3.0 to deploy OS to multiple systems using WIM.

The WinPE image I create is just default with WMI.cab included. My shell is copied into \windows\system32\myshell.exe and the winpeshi.ini.

However, I cannot detect when the power button is pressed. I want the use after completion of the imaging to press the power button to shutdown the system.

What do I need to do to be able to detect the power button pressed?

Do I need to load drivers for the ACPI power buttons on my PC? Or are they just treated is it treated as just a standard power button.

Thanks

Stuart

[Tripredacus]

Can you just use the command to shut the machine down instead? It is:

wpeutil shutdown