# running task automatically on shutdown in Win98

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-task-automatically-on-shutdown-in-win98/86566>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-task-automatically-on-shutdown-in-win98/86566 "2001-10-10T13:32:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-task-automatically-on-shutdown-in-win98/86566/1 "2001-10-10T13:32:37Z")

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Is there anyway to have a task run automatically on shutdown in Windows 98?

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-task-automatically-on-shutdown-in-win98/86566/2 "2001-10-10T15:04:09Z")

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[http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/16/15/ut1615.001.html](http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/16/15/ut1615.001.html)

Google is everybody’s friend.

FtG

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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-task-automatically-on-shutdown-in-win98/86566/3 "2001-10-10T21:24:58Z")

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Thanks for the link, but unfortunately ZDNet no longer has the ShutUp download available. Is anyone familiar with another utility, or how I can go about making my own (and I’m not a programmer)?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-task-automatically-on-shutdown-in-win98/86566/4 "2001-10-10T21:59:05Z")

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ShutUp is available from here:  
[http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,77486,00.html](http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,77486,00.html)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-task-automatically-on-shutdown-in-win98/86566/5 "2001-10-10T22:02:02Z")

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oops [Fixed link](http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,77486,00.html)