It’s been a while since my last post. I have been very busy with work. I’ve also been keeping myself busy learning ActionScript.

Anyway, while working today, Windows Update popped up that little window that says Windows needs to restart. I went to postpone the restart for four hours, except that I accidentally clicked the wrong button.

I started to panic because I had some things open that I didn’t want to lose. Then, the screen showed a list of programs that were still open and asked if I wanted to restart anyway or cancel. I was relieved to see that!

This may not actually be a hidden feature, but I didn’t know about it and it’s not something that appears unless you restart with at least Flash 8 open. In the screenshot below, it says under Flash 8: This program is preventing your computer from restarting.

If you know about this feature, does it work with just Flash, or does it happen with other programs? Is it because I hadn’t saved what was in Flash, so Flash prevented the restart?