shutdown or restart by commands?

[Storm]

How can I shutdown or restart my Windows by commands? Thanks for your helps!

 

[yashar]

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[stan-the-man]

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[chog]

Yes you can, well if you are running windows xp. Go to run and type "shutdown -s" without quotes.

You can also use "shutdown -r" for restart

use "shutdown -s -t<value>" for a timed shutdown.
Ex: shutdown -s -t30 to shutdown in 30 secs

use "shutdown -a" to abort shutdown

let me know if this helps, i use desktop icons with those as the target to shutdown and restart.

 

[petogaz]

correct chog, there are also some command related to rundll32.exe :

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 1 -> shutdown
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 2 -> restart
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 8 -> shutdown and turn off power.
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 4 -> force a shutdown
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 0 -> Log Off only.

note those command are for winMe and 98 users.
cheers.

 

[Shrapnill]

I learned somethin cool awhile back.

Did you know you can create shutdown and restart icons on your desktop?

Right click desktop -> create new -> shortcut -> browse for file C:/WINDOWS/system32/shutdown.exe -> create the shortcut

Then open the properties and in the "Target" box add -s to make it a shudown icon, add -r for restart and you can also make them timed bu adding -t XX (where XX is the number of seconds til shutdown).

Very handy.

 

[yashar]

hey, sharnill. thats reallly kewl. i love doing stuff like this kuhz then i feel like a secret agent, typing in all these secret codes.

 

[Shrapnill]

Most secret agents can spell.

 

[Him]

Just learn the command line, well, commands. They wil tell you all.

 

[petogaz]

you can also create shotcuts on your desktop with commands line that chog and i have provided.