Microsoft DOS shutdown command
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About shutdown
Enables a user to shutdown a Windows XP computer from the command line as well as perform additional features that are not available through Windows.
Availability
The shutdown.exe command is an external command available in the below Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Syntax
Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]
| No args |
Display this message (same as -?) |
| -i |
Display GUI interface, must be the first option |
| -l |
Log off (cannot be used with -m option) |
| -s |
Shutdown the computer |
| -r |
Shutdown and restart the computer |
| -a |
Abort a system shutdown |
| -m \\computername |
Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort |
| -t xx |
Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds |
| -c "comment" |
Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters) |
| -f |
Forces running applications to close without warning |
| -d [u] [p]:xx:yy |
The reason code for the shutdown
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536) |
Examples
shutdown -r -c "Rebooting for latest updates."
This would display a Windows System Shutdown window for 30 seconds, warning the user that the computer is going to shutdown and then restart the computer.
shutdown -i
Ran from either the command line or from the Windows run line this option would open the remote shutdown dialog Window.
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