shutdown command

[sam]

I would like to set a scheduled task to auto shutdown my
computer each night, but i'm not sure where that command
is. Anyone know where the command is that will start the
shutdown process and turn off my computer? thanks

 

[Mark Wilson]

the command 'rundll32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 0' can be used to shutdown
your PC - you could set that as a scheduled task

M

 

[Steve]

Interesting. I thought rundll32 command works for Win98 only.

Here's what I used in my WinXP. Create a shortcut with this command, and
create a scheduled task if you want to automatically run it at a certain
time.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHUTDOWN.EXE -S -T 15

Steve

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

the command 'rundll32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 0' can be used to shutdown
your PC - you could set that as a scheduled task

Hi

That will not work for Windows XP, use shutdown.exe instead as
suggested by Steve.

Note that you might get a "It's now safe to turn off your
computer" with shutdown.exe.

In that case:

Try PsShutdown.exe in the PsTools suite with the -k switch (poweroff)
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml