In Windows, you can use the shutdown command to shutdown or restart your computer automatically. This can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as:
- Scheduling a shutdown or restart at a specific time.
- Shutting down or restarting your computer after a long period of inactivity.
- Shutting down or restarting your computer after a software update has been installed.
To shutdown or restart your computer automatically, you can use the following commands:
Shutdown:
shutdown /s /f
This command will shutdown your computer immediately. The /s switch tells Windows to shutdown, and the /f switch tells Windows to force all running applications to close.
Restart:
shutdown /r /f
This command will restart your computer immediately. The /r switch tells Windows to restart, and the /f switch tells Windows to force all running applications to close.
You can also use the /t switch to specify a delay before the shutdown or restart occurs. For example, the following command will shutdown your computer in 15 minutes:
shutdown /s /t 900
The /t switch takes a number of seconds as its argument. So, in this example, the shutdown will occur after 900 seconds, which is equal to 15 minutes.
To use the shutdown command, you need to open a command prompt with administrator privileges. You can do this by pressing Windows+R and typing cmd. Then, press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open the command prompt as administrator.
Once you have opened the command prompt, you can type the shutdown command and press Enter. Your computer will then shutdown or restart automatically, depending on the command you used.
Here are some additional examples of how to use the shutdown command:
- To shutdown your computer at 10:00 PM tonight, you would use the following command:
shutdown /s /t 14400
- To restart your computer after 30 minutes of inactivity, you would use the following command:
shutdown /r /t 1800 /f
- To shutdown your computer after a software update has been installed, you would use the following command:
shutdown /s /t 0 /c "Software update has been installed"
The /c switch allows you to specify a message that will be displayed before the shutdown or restart occurs.