How to Shutdown or Restart Windows From the Command Line

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To shutdown or restart windows from the command line or using a shortcut, you must use the Shutdown.exe program.

To use this program, open up a command prompt window. This can be done by navigating to Start -> Run and typing in 'cmd'.

Once the command prompt is open, use the following command:

shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

Arguments:

No args Display this message (same as -?)

-i Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c “comment” Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

Here are a few examples:

shutdown -r	Restarts the computer.
shutdown -s	Shutdown the computer.
shutdown -s -t 45	Shutdown the computer in 45 seconds.

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Last Updated on Sunday, 11 July 2010 18:40

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