Solved Auto shutdown batch file help

[craney5]

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]

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:

@echo off
shutdown /s /t 9000

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

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61294-shut-down-computer-shortcut-create.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61289-abort-shortcut-create.html

 

[craney5]

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]

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]

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

 

[Dwarf]

You're welcome.

 

[EzioAuditore]

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..