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Windows 8 which I installed recently (from factory recovery image) suddenly now takes too long to shut down, around 2 minutes and 20 seconds.

I tried disabling and enabling "Fast Startup" but that didn't affect the shutdown time.

Also reduced the WaitToKillServiceTimeout from 5000ms to 3000ms but also there is no effect. Also the ClearPageFileAtShutdown is set to 0.

I even tried hibernating instead of shutdown and it took 2:20, too!

Also disabled hibernate with powercfg -h off and tried to shut down, and took 2:20, too!

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  • Have you attempted to remove any external devices( besides keyboard and mouse ) you have installed before you shutdown.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Aug 21, 2013 at 14:23
  • there was an external hardisk,I removed it but still the same.
    – Loers Antario
    Commented Aug 21, 2013 at 14:27
  • Are you doing an actual power off shutdown or a hybrid shutdown?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Aug 21, 2013 at 14:29
  • I just pressed Alt+F4 and chose "Shut down" , what is a hybrid shutdown ?
    – Loers Antario
    Commented Aug 21, 2013 at 14:32
  • superuser.com/questions/496241/… try doing a full shutdown superuser.com/questions/468687/…
    – Ramhound
    Commented Aug 21, 2013 at 14:36

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Holding Shift while clicking Shutdown will cause the computer to enter a full power off state instead of standby/hibernate. This takes less time than normal shutdown, but your computer will take longer to start up again.

Cheers Peter

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