Windows 7: Auto shutdown batch file help

craney5 · 01 Jan 2011

Happy new year everyone,

I'm looking to create a batch file to auto shut down my machine after a certain amount of time. Just want to check if i have got the 1st part of the command right in notepad but i was not sure how i go about putting in a timer for example if my download has 2hrs left i would like to set the batch to run say 2hrs 30mins after running it.

@echo off

shutdown /s

Hope you can help many thanks

Dwarf · 01 Jan 2011

You need to add the /t xxx switch where xxx is the time delay in seconds. So for 2hrs 30mins, xxx would be 9000. This means that your code should read as follows:

Code:

@echo off
shutdown /s /t 9000

To cancel before the time elapses, use the following command: shutdown /a

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craney5 · 01 Jan 2011

Thanks for that mate really appreciate it, do i have to have the cancel command in the batch all the time or do i have to add it in if i decide i dont want the machine to shutdown then run the batch again?

thanks matey

Ztruker · 01 Jan 2011

Click on the Start Orb, and enter shutdown /a to cancel the pending shutdown. It does not belong in the batch file. Alternatively, you could create another batch file with shutdown /a in it and have that on the Desktop next to the one that starts the shutdown.

craney5 · 01 Jan 2011

cool thanks so much for that mate, +rep for both of you for your kind help

Dwarf · 01 Jan 2011

You're welcome.

EzioAuditore · 01 Jan 2011

And there's the /r switch for restart. You can also type shutdown ? in a command prompt to view all the switches and their functions..

Windows 7: Auto shutdown batch file help

Auto shutdown batch file help problems?