Dos prompt

[Thmul]

Shutdown.exe is not recognized as internal or external
command, operable command or batch file. It happened when
I tried to execute the shutdown. exe on windows 2000 pro
and server edition dos prompt
Can anyone help to solve this problem ?

Cheers
Thomas

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Shutdown.exe is not recognized as internal or external
command, operable command or batch file. It happened when
I tried to execute the shutdown. exe on windows 2000 pro
and server edition dos prompt
Can anyone help to solve this problem ?

Hi

Windows 2000 doesn't come with shutdown.exe (WinXP/Win2k3 does). It is in the
Windows 2000 Resource Kit I think (buy-ware).

A free alternative:

PsShutdown.exe in the free PsTools suite
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml


If you do have placed shutdown.exe in the path and it has worked before
from the command prompt, Take a look here (most likely the Reg_Expand_Sz
vs. Reg_Sz type setting in registry):

http://home.comcast.net/~stewartb/cmdprompt.html#6