Multiplicity Causing Computer To Reboot After Shutting Down

Sounds strange, but as the title says Multiplicity seems to be causing my Windows 11 computer (secondary machine) to immediately reboot after I try shut it down!

First I disabled all 'Wake on USB' type options in the BIOS. Unplugged all physical devices, but it was still happening.

So then I unplugged the ethernet cable and that fixed it. So I assumed 'Wake on LAN' option was on but that is also disabled in BIOS. So then thought perhaps it was the virtual connected devices causing the issues. And sure enough when I closed down Multiplicity on the primary machine and clicked shut down on the secondary machine it works fine! Repeated several times to verify and the problem only started happening after I installed Multiplicity.

I notice there is a 'Wake On LAN' option when I right click the Multiplicity icon, but its greyed out on both machines (I believe this on only intended to be enabled for the Pro versions). However shows that Multiplicity does have the power to do this (I dont know how Multiplicity could work at such a deep level as it seems the computer turns off before immediately coming back on!)

So I think there is a bug that Wake on LAN is enabled by default. I'm running the latest version of Multiplicity and Windows 11 on both machines. Thanks.

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Hello,
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Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Sounds strange, but as the title says Multiplicity seems to be causing my Windows 11 computer (secondary machine) to immediately reboot after I try shut it down!
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If you switch the PC roles, demote the Primary to a Secondary, promote the Secondary to a Primary, does it still reproduce?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager