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Is there an event or other means by which a VB.NET program can be notified when a Windows 7 defrag has completed (so the program can instruct the PC to shut down)?

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You should be able to use EventLog.EntryWritten event to monitor for events. On Windows 7, an event in Application log with Source = "Defrag" may indicate completion of defragmentation. You can then examine the id - should be 258, and description will say something like The disk defragmenter successfully completed defragmentation on (C:).

Here is a screenshot from my home PC to prove the above:

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