Fix "You don't have permission to shut down this computer" | Windows

Last updated on 27 Des 2022

Find the solutions to fix the error message "You don't have permission to shut down this computer" that you get with Alt + F4 shortcut.

Error with Alt + F4 shortcut?

Do you get the following error message when using Alt + F4 to shut down your machine?

Adobe Genuine 6.5 software is causing this error.

Follow the solutions below to resolve the issue.

Press CTRL+ Alt+ Delete, sign out of your machine, and sign in again.

This solution will work if previous version of Adobe Genuine has already been pushed to your machine.

Download AdobeGenuineInstaller.
Right-click the downloaded .zip folder, click Extract All..., and then click Extract.
Open AdobeGenuineInstaller. Right-click AdobeGenuineInstaller.exe and choose Run as administrator. Wait for the installation to complete.
Press CTRL+ Alt+ Delete, sign out of your machine, and sign in again.