Python and ShutdownBlockReasonCreate, ShutdownBlockReasonDestroy, and ShutdownBlockReasonQuery

Question

Is it possible to call the ShutdownBlockReasonCreate, ShutdownBlockReasonDestroy, and ShutdownBlockReasonQuery win32 APIs from within Python? I can't find them anywhere in the pywin32 library.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Use ctypes

from ctypes import *
retval = windll.user32.ShutdownBlockReasonCreate(
    handle,
    c_wchar_p("the reason")
)
if retval != 0:
    ... Error checking

And similarly with ShutdownBlockReasonDestroy.