Executing a batch script on Windows shutdown

You can create a local computer policy on Windows. See the TechNet at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd630947

1. Run gpedit.msc to open the Group Policy Editor,
2. Navigate to Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Scripts (Startup/Shutdown).

Well, its an easy way of doing some registry changes:I tried this on 2008 r2 and 2016 servers.

Things need to be done:

1. Create a text file "regedit.txt"
2. Paste the following code in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\Scripts\Shutdown]     [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown\0]  "GPO-ID"="LocalGPO"    "SOM-ID"="Local"    "FileSysPath"="C:\\Windows\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\Machine"    "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy"    "GPOName"="Local Group Policy"    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown\0\0]    "Script"="terminate_script.bat"    "Parameters"=""    "ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\Scripts\Shutdown\0]"GPO-ID"="LocalGPO"    "SOM-ID"="Local"    "FileSysPath"="C:\\Windows\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\Machine"    "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy"    "GPOName"="Local Group Policy"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\Scripts\Shutdown\0\0]    "Script"="terminate_script.bat"    "Parameters"="""IsPowershell"=dword:00000000"ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

3. Save this file as regedit.reg extension

4. Run it on any command line using below command:

   regedit.exe /s regedit.reg

Create your own shutdown script - called Myshutdown.bat - and do whatever you were going to do in your script and then at the end of it call shutdown /a. Then execute your bat file instead of the normal shutdown.

(See http://www.w7forums.com/threads/run-batch-file-on-shutdown.11860/ for more info.)