Alan,

It's pretty obvious to me that when you shut down a machine then all
processes also shuts down.

Don't bet on that. Not in this day and age. :-)

But pray tell, what has that to do with anything ?

There is no need for stupid things like what has been suggested/asked
here.

I think you have not quite understood the question. What do you think I was
asking for ? Why would a request to have some program(s) run on shutdown be
stupid ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser