if windows 10 fast startup is enabled it will not 'close' anything, it just puts the pc to hibernate and wakes it again
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows-10-fast-startup
i made a short batch file to delete the 2 un-needed exe files before and after patching
you will need to make a shortcut to the launcher and put the bat in the apb root folder, since any files in apb folders are removed during the patching
apb.bat (change all the cd /d location to fit the apb binaries location on your pc)
@echo off
cd /d "C:\Games\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\APB Reloaded\Binaries\"
if exist "APB_Catcher.ex*" del "APB_Catcher.ex*"
ping 192.168.0.0 -n 1 -w 100 >nul
@cls
start "" "C:\Games\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\APB Reloaded\APBLauncher.lnk"
:one
ping 192.168.0.0 -n 1 -w 200 >nul
if not exist "APB_Catcher.ex*" goto one
ping 192.168.0.0 -n 1 -w 100 >nul
del "APB_Catcher.ex*"
ping 192.168.0.0 -n 1 -w 100 >nul
if exist "APB_Catcher.ex*" goto one