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hi all!

first of all thanks very much for sabnzbd, it rocks.

my request is this: prompt the user about what to do when downloads finish, rather than keeping the setting from last time.

i know it seems dumb, but what happens is this: i download something overnight, and i have it set to hibernate, shutdown, etc on finish downloading. then i use my computer during the day, add a bunch of stuff to the queue via a binary search, and just go about my business. because i haven't even looked at the SABNZBD screen, i - like an idiot, i admit - have left the "hibernate" or shutdown feature on. therefore, i'm working on something (photoshop, word) or skyping, and suddenly my computer just shuts down!

i know i can just always check the setting, but i'm sure many others have had a similar experience. SABNZBD's ease makes it easy to forget to look at it.  it would therefore be nice if SABNZBD either a) prompted you when you add something to the queue about what to do when finished, OR b) prompt you with a countdown before shutting down/hibernating/standby, therefore allowing you, if you're busy and forgot to change the setting, to cancel it.

what think you?

Prompting won't work, because SABnzbd has a web-interface and this cannot handle timeouts.
However, your issue was noted by other people.
There is a special setting that tells SABnzbd not to remember power management actions.
See: http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/configure-special
Item queue_complete_pers