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How to Shutdown/Restart Your PC Automatically Using CMD

Published by Soufiane | Categories : Computers - Tips & Tricks - Computers - Windows 10

Do you want to schedule a shutdown or a restart on the fly?

Are you seeking more flexibility when it comes to shutting down your PC?

Using the Command Prompt to shut down your PC at a specific time can be beneficial especially when you can’t wait for a task to finish.

This way you will not only save time, but you are going to become more productive.

In this tutorial, you will discover a new way to schedule or plan your shutdown using a CMD utility I made just for you ;)

Let’s dive in!

Shutdown/Restart Your Windows PC With CMD

Schedule Shutdown With CMD

There is an age-old command in Windows called shutdown with many attributes we will discover later.

For example to shutdown the PC after 1 hour (3600 sec’) we will use this command in Run:

shutdown -s -t 3600
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This will trigger a notification in windows telling you the news.

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Schedule Restart With CMD

Same thing if we want to restart, except this time we use -r instead of -s:

shutdown -r -t 3600
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Cancel Shutdown Schedule

If you want to cancel the scheduled shutdown or restart just use this command:

shutdown -a
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You will get this notification as a confirmation of canceling.

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Free CMD Utility to Schedule a Shutdown/Restart

Here is a very simple script that you can use in order to schedule or plan your automatic shutdown or restart with ease.

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Just open a new notepad file and paste the following, save as easytutorial.cmd.

@Echo off
GOTO MENU

:MENU
Echo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Echo !! Easytutorial's Shutdown Planner !!
Echo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Echo 1 - System Shutdown Planner
Echo 2 - System Restart Planner
Echo 3 - Cancel Planning
Echo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SET /p Action=Your choice (1,2 or 3) :

IF %Action% == 1 GOTO PlanShutdown
IF %Action% == 2 GOTO PlanRestart
IF %Action% == 3 GOTO CancelPlanning
IF %Action% GTR 3 GOTO Incorrect

:CancelPlanning
shutdown -a
Echo Planning Canceled
Goto Fin

:PlanRestart
Echo !! Info : 1 hour = 3600 seconds !!
SET /p Seconds= Seconds before Restart:
IF '%Seconds%' == '' GOTO PlanRestart
shutdown -r -t %Seconds%
GOTO Fin

:PlanShutdown
Echo !! Info : 1 hour = 3600 seconds !!
SET /p Seconds= Seconds before Shutdown:
IF '%Seconds%' == '' GOTO PlanShutdown
shutdown -s -f -t %Seconds%
GOTO Fin

:Incorrect
CLS
Echo !!! Attention : Value Entered Incorrect !!!
GOTO Menu

:Fin

Create Shutdown Shortcut

You can always create a shortcut to schedule your shutdown. Here is the location you should use:

%SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown.exe -f -s -t 3600
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And your shortcut is ready!

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Additional Details About the Shutdown Command

Here are some additional details about the other attributes of this shutdown command:

DescriptionParameter
Display help./?
Display the graphical user interface (GUI)./i
Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options./l
Shutdown the computer./s
Shutdown the computer. On the next boot, if Automatic Restart Sign-On is enabled, automatically sign in and lock the last interactive user./sg
After sign in, restart any registered applications.
Full shutdown and restart the computer./r
Full shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is rebooted, if Automatic Restart Sign-On is enabled, automatically sign in and lock the last interactive user./g
After sign in, restart any registered applications.
Abort a system shutdown./a
This can only be used during the time-out period.
Combine with /fw to clear any pending boots to the firmware.
Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning./p
It can be used with /d and /f options.
Hibernate the local computer./h
It can be used with the /f option.
Performs a shutdown of the computer and prepares it for a fast startup./hybrid
Must be used with /s option.
Combine with a shutdown option to cause the next boot to go to the firmware user interface./fw
Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer./e
Go to the advanced boot options menu and restart the computer./o
Must be used with /r option.
Specify the target computer/m \\computer
Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds./t xxx
The valid range is 0-315360000 (10 years), with a default of 30. If the time-out period is greater than 0, the /f parameter is implied.
Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown./c “comment”
A maximum of 512 characters allowed.
Force running applications to close without forewarning users./f
The /f parameter is implied when a value greater than 0 is specified for the /t parameter.
Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown./d [p|u]xx:yy
p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned.
u indicates that the reason is user-defined.
xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256).
yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536).

There you have it!

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