How to shutdown and apply updates via DOS command

motc7 · 30 Jan 2012

I am having a hard time finding an answer to this on the forums and the net in general. If I goto Start/Shutdown, and there is the exclamation mark on it, it will apply any updates and shutdown the computer. Simple Enough right?

Well, I want to know what are the DOS commands to do such a thing in Windows 7? I have tried the shutdown.exe /s command and that shuts down the computer, but doesn't apply any pending updates.

I do not have a GPO that is overriding this. I've looked and it's not configured.

Any help is appreciated.

motc7 · 30 Jan 2012

anyone?

seavixen32 · 30 Jan 2012

Open a command prompt with elevated privileges then type help at the prompt for a list of commands available.

As for doing exactly what you are suggesting I just don't know - perhaps a DOS expert may come up with a solution.

You might find this useful: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/comman...s-commands.htm

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MS-DOS_commands

motc7 · 30 Jan 2012

seavixen32 said:

Open a command prompt with elevated privileges then type help at the prompt for a list of commands available.

As for doing exactly what you are suggesting I just don't know - perhaps a DOS expert may come up with a solution.

You might find this useful: Complete List of DOS Commands (MS-DOS Commands)

More info here: List of MS-DOS commands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sorry but I have typed in that help command in DOS and when I try to follow the syntax, it's still not working.

seavixen32 · 30 Jan 2012

You need to open the command prompt window with elevated privileges first.

Click Start, type cmd in the Search field, and then right-click cmd under Programs and choose Run as Administrator.

motc7 · 30 Jan 2012

seavixen32 said:

You need to open the command prompt window with elevated privileges first.

Click Start, type cmd in the Search field, and then right-click cmd under Programs and choose Run as Administrator.

I am the domain administrator on my domain admin machine.

seavixen32 · 30 Jan 2012

When I type in Help, I get this:

How to shutdown and apply updates via DOS command-help.jpg

When I type in Shutdown I get this:

How to shutdown and apply updates via DOS command-help2.jpg

That's about the limit of my expertise on this one, so I'm hoping someone else will chip in.

TJG · 30 Jan 2012

When Windows 7 updates during start/shutdown, it is NOT in DOS but still in windows enviroment with most things shut down.

TJG :)

alphanumeric · 31 Jan 2012

This may sound nit picky, but it is NOT DOS, its a command shell. Windows 98 was the last version of Windows based on MS DOS. Sorry, its just one of my pet peeves. :)

seavixen32 · 31 Jan 2012

alphanumeric said:

This may sound nit picky, but it is NOT DOS, its a command shell. Windows 98 was the last version of Windows based on MS DOS. Sorry, its just one of my pet peeves. :)

You're quite right of course.

As for being nit picky, I'm just the same myself, so thanks for pointing this out. :)