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I downloaded a program from HSLAB (Handy Software Lab)- freeware) to accelerate shutdown which seems to work. There is an icon on my start menu (which I have replaced with a stop sign) and I can click on this before clicking on 'start', 'shutdown'. It seems to work. But the blurb on the site also said you can perform useful functions before you shut down if you want to, including empty the rubbish bin. You have to copy the program(s) to your shutdown folder which is on the programs menu. I couldn't find the program to do this (empty the recyle bin) and emailed them but did not get a reply. I tried cleanmngr but this usually does not work anyway - thanks Grif Thomas by the way for the information about *.tmp folders to get rid of (see answers to 'Disk cleanup does not work') in the computer help forum. So does anyone know anything useful to put in the folder, or does it act best as a kwik kutoff?

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