I am an idiot.. Help? shutdown -s -t fail.

[Ancient Fry up]

I used a shutdown command like this "shutdown -s -t 14400" which is 4 hours. But I was an idiot this morning and put "shutdown -s -t 144000" and now the shutdown part in the start menu is missing and I can not access the task manager...

 

[dave1812]

why don't u just kill the power??

 

[Ancient Fry up]

Done that multiple times to no avail.

 

[Dwarf]

Open an http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html and simply re-enter the command. I would give a 30 second delay to ensure that it works, and then you can set it to whatever you want. Be careful of the 0s!

 

[Ancient Fry up]

Thanks but that didn't seem to work.

 

[Ryan2320]

So do you want to just cancel the shutdown command?

If you are able to go into command prompt try this..
Go into Command Prompt and type in shutdown -a
That will abort your shutdown. You might have to go into elevated command prompt...

Hope that Helps.

 

[Ancient Fry up]

Again thanks but it still doesn't seem to work.
It just says "Unable to abort the system shutdown because no shutdown was in progress.(1116)"

 

[Win7User512]

Unplug it?

 

[Ancient Fry up]

Done that..

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Hi ,

I assume this cause due to the Local Computer Policy settings of your PC.
To resolve it do the following steps it might work

Go to Start Menu Type gpedit.msc
Go for the following option:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar
Double click on Remove and Prevent Access to the Shut Down command
Select any one of the option "Not configured" or "Disabled"
Shut Down the Group Policy window.
Might need to reboot

Hope that helps

 

[Ancient Fry up]

Thank you, that was extremely helpful although I am still left with 1 small problem.
I can not access the task manager. It doesn't show in the Ctrl + Alt + Del menu and Ctrl + Shift + Esc does not work either.

 

[Dwarf]

Check the following policy setting.

Click Start and type gpedit.msc into the search box. Press Ctrl Shift and Enter simultaneously in order to start with administrative privileges. Provide credentials or confirmation when prompted.
Follow the highlights.

 

[Ancient Fry up]

Thank you everyone who has helped.
My PC is back to normal

 

[Win7User512]

Glad you have sorted it out. And props to the title of the thread. Not many people would word it that way.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Thank you everyone who has helped.
My PC is back to normal

Glad that you got it up and running
Thank you for posting back...

 

[dave1812]

awesome!