Windows Shutdown Time

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Windows Shutdown Time

Post by rwiper » Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:16 am

The Windows registry records when the system was last closed down in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows

under the ShutdownTime value. The shutdown value is stored using a binary value; to decode it to a readable form.

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