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List of Shutdown Command Switches

The document provides a comprehensive list of shutdown command switches for Windows, detailing their functions such as logging off, shutting down, restarting, and canceling shutdowns. It includes instructions on how to use these switches in the command prompt, along with examples for local and remote shutdowns. Additionally, it explains how to specify a shutdown time and provide a comment for the shutdown reason.

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List of Shutdown Command Switches

The document provides a comprehensive list of shutdown command switches for Windows, detailing their functions such as logging off, shutting down, restarting, and canceling shutdowns. It includes instructions on how to use these switches in the command prompt, along with examples for local and remote shutdowns. Additionally, it explains how to specify a shutdown time and provide a comment for the shutdown reason.

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List Of Shutdown Command Switches

No Switches Display information about the shutdown command, same as typing “-?”
-i Display a GUI. It must be the first switch
-l Log off the user (This cannot be used on a remote machine: “-m” switch)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Restart the computer
-a Cancels a system shutdown already in progress
-f Forces running applications to close without warning
-m Instruct a remote computer to shutdown (can be used with the restart &
\\computername abort switches)
-t xx Set a given time for shutdown, in seconds
-c “comment” Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-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)
How To Use Shutdown Switches:

You don’t have to use them all, but the switches you do use must be in the following order:
shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c
"comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

How To:
Open the command prompt: Windows Key + R then type the command below and hit OK:
cmd
This will open the command prompt. Now we can play!
Note: You could type the shutdown command directly into the Run dialog. I don’t advise this.
If there is a typo or error, you won’t know. There is no information given!
Shutdown Local Machine
This only takes a couple of keystrokes. Type the code below and hit OK:
shutdown -s
“shutdown” tells the computer what command we want to execute and the “-s” switch tells it
what to do, which is to shutdown!
Specify Time
shutdown -s -t 60
Now we have added the “-t” switch and a variable, which in this case is “60″. This number is
the number of seconds before the computer is shutdown. A dialog will open and display a
count down timer!
Give Us Some Info!
shutdown -s -t 120 -c "You better finish, because I shut you down foo!"
The “-c” switch will allow you to give the user some information for the reason of the
shutdown.
Shutdown A Remote Computer
shutdown -s -m \\desktop -t 45
I really like this one! The “-m” switch will allow you to shutdown a remote machine, in this
case, a computer named “desktop”. For this to work, you must have administrative access to
the computer! To see of you do, hit Windows Key + R then type the computer’s name, i.e.:
\\desktop
If you can connect to it, you will be asked to log into the machine with a user name and
password. Once confirmed, a window will open displaying the directories available to you.
Now you know you can shut it down remotely.
Cancel Shutdown
Let’s say that you need to cancel a shutdown in progress. Go to the computer in question, hit
Windows Key + R then type command below:
shutdown -a
This will abort the shutdown, assuming there is a counter and it hasn’t reached zero yet!

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