shutdown.exe

[Howard]

I placed shutdown.exe on my server but cannot shut down
computers on the newtork from either a batch file or
command line. Does shutdown.exe need to be on the remote
pc's? I presently have shutdown.exe and the batch file in
the root directory of my server. I am running 2000
advanced server and Win2k on the desktops

 

[Ray at]

Nothing needs to be installed on the remote machines. What does "cannot"
mean? Do you get an error?

Ray at work

 

[Howard]

Yes. The error is "shutdown is not recognized as an
internal or external command". What I mean by cannot is
that the remote machines do not shut down.

 

[Ray at]

You have to either execute C:\full\path\to\shutdown.exe or put shutdown.exe
in any of the paths in your %PATH% environment variable, i.e. C:\Winnt,
C:\winnt\system32, etc.

Ray at work

 

[Howard]

Thanks. I'll make the changes..

-----Original Message-----
You have to either execute C:\full\path\to\shutdown.exe or put shutdown.exe
in any of the paths in your %PATH% environment variable, i.e. C:\Winnt,
C:\winnt\system32, etc.

Ray at work




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