JeremyCade
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Does anyone know if it's possible to automatically shutdown after a Win7 Backup has run?
Thanks.
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Automatic Shutdown after Windows 7 Backup
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Dear JeremyCade,
I asked this question for you in Microsoft's forum, below is the answer.
Is it possible to start a backup using the CMD prompt?
Hope this answer will make things clear.
Have a nice day!
zx81
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Hi All,
What I've ended up doing is setting a task to watch for the backup complete event in the Application log.
Steps to replicate this if anyone is interested are:
What I've ended up doing is setting a task to watch for the backup complete event in the Application log.
Steps to replicate this if anyone is interested are:
- Open Task Scheduler
- Create a new basic task
- Enter a description for the task
- On the trigger screen select "When a specific event is logged"
- Select the Application from the log drop down menu.
- Select Backup from the source drop down menu.
- Enter 4098 as the event ID..
- On the action screen select "Start a program"
- Enter "Shutdown" into the Program/Script text box.
- Enter "/s" into the Arguments box.
- Click next & Finish.
- Run a backup to confirm the task is working.
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JermyCade,
Very clever solution to this problem.
Very good solution.
Have a nice day.
zx81
Very clever solution to this problem.
Very good solution.
Have a nice day.
zx81
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this is very frustrating - it shouldn't be necessary to use complex workarounds for something basic like this!
Many of the most basic freeware programs include a function to shut down after completing their process, so why doesn't Win 7 give the option to shut down after back up???
Bewildering. The sleep function in W7 is also useless since it just ignores any running programs and puts the computer to sleep on schedule, interrupting ongoing backups, movie encodes, etc.
Many of the most basic freeware programs include a function to shut down after completing their process, so why doesn't Win 7 give the option to shut down after back up???
Bewildering. The sleep function in W7 is also useless since it just ignores any running programs and puts the computer to sleep on schedule, interrupting ongoing backups, movie encodes, etc.
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Task Scheduler
task scheduler is much improved
task scheduler is much improved
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this is why there is so many other applications used with Windows I don't care what Windows backup will or will not do I use Comodo Backup V1.04 have for a long time and it does everything I need.
I do agree though MS should try a little harder to include great basic features like this but even if they did some people like myself would still use other software
this is why there is so many other applications used with Windows I don't care what Windows backup will or will not do I use Comodo Backup V1.04 have for a long time and it does everything I need.
I do agree though MS should try a little harder to include great basic features like this but even if they did some people like myself would still use other software
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Is this working for others?
For me, it didn't. Set it up as directed, then ran a backup and went to bed last night. This morning the computer is still on. I have Win7 Pro 32.
Is there a log file I might look at to troubleshoot the lack of shutdown?
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It's different for Professional and Ultimate
It took me a few days to figure this out. The Professional and Ultimate versions of Windows 7 use a different backup utility than the Home versions and Vista use. The new backup utility throws a different code on completion.
If you have Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate replace the 4098 in the previous post with 14 and it should work.
It took me a few days to figure this out. The Professional and Ultimate versions of Windows 7 use a different backup utility than the Home versions and Vista use. The new backup utility throws a different code on completion.
If you have Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate replace the 4098 in the previous post with 14 and it should work.
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Hello,
I would also wish, this would be included into the BackUp window. Is SevenForums communicating with them regarding most wished features? This would be a simple and good one.
They seem to work on the BackUp because I had an error message in the past, which does no longer appear. So let's hope.
Thanks
Hello,
I would also wish, this would be included into the BackUp window. Is SevenForums communicating with them regarding most wished features? This would be a simple and good one.
They seem to work on the BackUp because I had an error message in the past, which does no longer appear. So let's hope.
Thanks
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fafrancis6
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Dear,
I am also looking for the solution and I found this software, it looks great to do this:
Windows 7 Shutdown Assistant
Help You schedule Windows 7 PC to shut down, Write Notes and Run file, Program
But Not free....~_~_
I am also looking for the solution and I found this software, it looks great to do this:
Windows 7 Shutdown Assistant
Help You schedule Windows 7 PC to shut down, Write Notes and Run file, Program
But Not free....~_~_
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Jeremy. Your solution looks good, but I have an observation and a question. I have backed up several times (whole system backup) and the event IDs are consistent:
753
1
4
14
754
I can see why you changed to 14, but it seems to me that 754 would be better in my case. The information on 754 says "The Block Level Backup Engine service has stopped."
I'm backing up the whole system, so I think that's why the 754 process is running. Perhaps if I just back up files, that wouldn't run and 14 would then be correct.
I'm not much of a geek, so I wonder if you have any thoughts.
Art
753
1
4
14
754
I can see why you changed to 14, but it seems to me that 754 would be better in my case. The information on 754 says "The Block Level Backup Engine service has stopped."
I'm backing up the whole system, so I think that's why the 754 process is running. Perhaps if I just back up files, that wouldn't run and 14 would then be correct.
I'm not much of a geek, so I wonder if you have any thoughts.
Art
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If you have your backup on a schedule, you can add an action to the AutomaticBackup task to shutdown your computer. Then if you wanted to do a manual backup, your computer wouldn't shutdown from the task watching for the completed backup event ID.
I have my backup on a weekly schedule when I am sleeping. I don't like to keep my computer on when I am not using it. I have my router send a WOL packet to my computer 5 minutes before the backup is supposed to start. Once the backup is finished, the AutomaticBackup task runs "%systemroot%\system32\shutdown.exe /s".
I just realized I could keep my computer in sleep mode and windows would wake it up for the automatic backup. I will probably keep the WOL schedule just in case I turn my computer off or had booted a different OS before the backup.
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shutdown stopped working
First, this has never worked on my laptop running Win 7 32 bit
It has always worked on my desktop, using 4098 as the trigger, running Win 7 backup under Win 10 32 bit.
About a month ago it suddenly stopped working. Changing the trigger to 4, 14, 754, and 4098 by turns still doesn't work. Luckily the machine goes to sleep once finished, so no great harm done.
I assume the problem might lie with a recent Windows update.
Any ideas?
Peter
First, this has never worked on my laptop running Win 7 32 bit
It has always worked on my desktop, using 4098 as the trigger, running Win 7 backup under Win 10 32 bit.
About a month ago it suddenly stopped working. Changing the trigger to 4, 14, 754, and 4098 by turns still doesn't work. Luckily the machine goes to sleep once finished, so no great harm done.
I assume the problem might lie with a recent Windows update.
Any ideas?
Peter
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