Policy

Timeout for hung logon sessions during shutdown

Microsoft Windows

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Timeout for hung logon sessions during shutdown
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Shutdown Options
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting configures the number of minutes the system waits for the hung logon sessions before proceeding with the system shutdown. If you enable this policy setting, the system waits for the hung logon sessions for the number of minutes specified. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default timeout value is 3 minutes for workstations and 15 minutes for servers.

Internal name
ShutdownTimeoutHungSessionsDescription
Policy ID
a8edc2f97185
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Hung session timeout in Minutes:
ID ShutdownSessionTimeout_Time
decimal
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Value name
ShutdownSessionTimeout
Type
REG_DWORD
None
Hung session timeout in Minutes:
Computer · Type decimal
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Value name
ShutdownSessionTimeout
Type
REG_DWORD
DetailsNone